Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

Competition is a sin.

Nobody has done more for me than my parents, who devoted untold amounts of time and money that allowed me to play the game I love. It's no exaggeration to say I never would have gotten anywhere near a World Cup, an Olympics, or even the U.S. national team without them. I have never forgotten that, and I never will.

Shotgun Stories' and 'Take Shelter'... I was willing to make those with no money and no time. With 'Mud,' I just wanted to protect it until I could have the resources. It's a real tricky movie.

For my money, I don't think there's been a better comedy than 'Kung Fu Hustle' in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.

Financial crises are an unfortunate but necessary consequence of modern capitalism.