Quotes About Inspiration

Not a day goes by that I don't remember my experience at the Olympics.

As a child, I always had a dream to make it to the Olympics.

The riffs, lyrics, and drums of 'Open Your Omen' will tell you a lot.

Everything that I have earned in my life is just because of my guruji and his omnipotent blessing.

I try and help my team-mates as best I can, and I lead from the front, on and off the field.

I'm just going to give them everything I have to give as a player and as a man on and off the field. I'm hoping with me doing that and being the leader that I am, it trickles down and becomes so contagious that everybody is doing it. That's how you change a program around with everybody buying in and believing in the same thing.

I understand that every day I have to be a leader on and off the court.

I think that's the biggest thing, just helping me grow on and off the court. It's always what I've been about, and I think that's special.

My footballing idol is Zinedine Zidane; he was an amazing guy on and off the field.

Jay Jay Okocha. On and off the field he was the captain you looked for.

Frank Lampard was always the player I tried to model myself on. The amount of goals he scored from midfield was incredible. On and off the pitch, he was what I wanted to be.

Cafu was a leader on and off the pitch and it was he who invented the concept of right-backs running from corner to corner.

I work only in the morning from 10 to noon. I still write by hand. I interrupt my writing when I feel that I've discovered something beautiful or, on the contrary, when I feel discontent.

I never get the feeling that I've decided rationally, cold-bloodedly to write a story. On the contrary, certain events or people, sometimes dreams or readings, impose themselves suddenly and demand attention.

Every time we have a woman on-screen, we can empower her in a different way rather than just giving a speech on the importance of equality and empowerment. I think sometimes we have to show her as powerful.

My TV comedy idols are the Charles brothers, who did 'Cheers;' Larry Gelbart, who did 'MASH;' and Larry David, who did 'Seinfeld.' When I was 6 or 7-years-old, I'd watch 'Saturday Night Live' and guys like John Belushi and Dan Akroyd became my on-screen heroes.

Penning 'Omerta' was one of the best experiences. I was amazed at how Hansal Mehta and Rajkummar Rao manifested it on-screen.

Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.

If I said it once, I'll say it again: 'We have the power to change everything.'

I want the audience to be transported to a different world once they enter the auditorium.

Once I had seen 'Journey to Italy,' I knew that, even if I were never to make movies, I could make them.

I think music should be the basis of an education, not just something you do once a week.

I was in art school once a week from six to 16, which was essential in shaping my artistic sensitivity.

If I don't do a bit of theatre at least once a year, I feel depleted and starved.