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You can't have a hit every time. The main thing is to keep on working and not be afraid to take risks. It's better to do something that's not perfect and successful every time. It's important to be fearless and move forward, to learn from what went wrong.

Either you have the ability to hit or not. But I also think you have to work at it.

I spent a lot of years trying to beat the system and, in the end, the system kicked my behind good.

And I mean, I'm established. So I'm not worried about having a hit at this point in my career.

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

I'm fully aware that things that resonate and become real hits are the exception to the rule, so much so that I've wired myself for failure.

It's not hard. When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But when I'm hitting, I hit anybody.

To deal with the stark reality of having hit or hurt a woman or child, to deal with the initial responsibility you have not to do that and the knowledge you did do it, can be incredibly hard.

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

I think the ability to hit - some guys have it and some guys don't - but I think how dedicated you are to trying to get the most out of yourself, I think kind of determines how good you are and for how long. I was born with the ability to hit, but my work ethic has taken it to the next level.