Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional love, reinforced the importance of giving back and taught me how to be a better person.

Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you're inviting a person into your life.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.

We are Divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive.

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.

I pray to be a good servant to God, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a brother, an uncle, a good neighbor, a good leader to those who look up to me, a good follower to those who are serving God and doing the right thing.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

If youth knew; if age could.

I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I cried for three days.

A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.

Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.

Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.