"If you're able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that's worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes."

"I've been very competitive by nature from a young age, whether it was eating a bowl of pasta faster than somebody else, or always wanting to be the first one in line."

"I love where I'm from. I don't live there because of the circumstances, but all my family is there. It's what's inside, it's not what's outside that determines the culture and the feeling."

"I have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within my footwear and accessories both on and off the court."

"To walk the path of enlightenment means the only true currency in life is time well spent."

"The older generation had greater respect for land than science. But we live in an age when science, more than soil, has become the provider of growth and abundance. Living just on the land creates loneliness in an age of globality."

"Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!"

"The paradox of freedom is that every choice we make paints the canvas of our life."