Try try try and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.

Hell there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

I'm trying to get the record that I made at my birthday party last year trying to get that out and the lawyers are diddling around with it and it probably won't be out until next year. I don't know.

A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again and again till they pass through the stage of sounding like nonsense and finally return to a full sense that had at first escaped notice.

All that really matters is I have two beautiful kids and I'm trying to be the best dad I can possibly be and that's the most important thing of all.

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.

I just always expect the best because I'm a competitor and if I'm competing then obviously I'm trying to be better in everything.

Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.

As long as you as an individual... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic you can be described as 'one of the faithful ' one of those people who can say 'Well look something's going to happen! Let's just keep trying. Let's not give up.

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.

A failure is not always a mistake it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away it's best to let him run.

I'm not trying to stump anybody... it's the beauty of the language that I'm interested in.

I maintain my inner beauty by trying to lead a balanced life in general. I try to eat healthy foods but... that doesn't mean I won't treat myself now and then! I work out almost every day which gives me more energy and helps me feel stronger. I also try to be a genuinely good person to the people around me.

I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up. But I'm happy with myself. I'm not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here.

A few years ago I lost 30 pounds and people still wanted to criticize. And honestly I'm happy with myself if I'm a little heavier. I realized: 'Why am I trying to conform to someone else's idea of beauty?' I think I'm beautiful either way.

I love the game it's the greatest game on earth that's why I can't understand all of this talk about trying to make the game better. People talk about the high strike zone and changing this and that. Why? To speed up the game? That's the beauty of baseball. There is no time element.

When I tried to play something and screwed up I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it.

I failed the LSAT. Basically if I had not failed I'd have been a lawyer and there would be no Spanx. I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome but in not trying. It is liberating.

I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome but in not trying. It is liberating. Most people attach failure to something not working out or how people perceive you. This way it is about answering to yourself.

Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.

I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is they're trying to write about. They have music.