Born on September 3rd

"In the field of creativity & art, to create is to take a leap of faith into the quiet canvas of your own imagination."

"Art is the expression of our deepest questions, painted in colors that words cannot reach. As a scientist & scholar, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"Every act of creation begins with a willing heart and the courage to make a mistake."

"In the field of resilience & focus, we are not defined by the weight of our struggles, but by the strength we find when we rise."

"Like a lighthouse in the storm, your inner resolve must remain steady and bright. As a historical figure, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"The hardest trials do not consume the gold; they refine the spirit and clear the path ahead."

"The foundation of every state is the education of its youth."

"We must be willing to pay a price for freedom."

"Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly."

"It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little."

"Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress."

"I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself."

"If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself."

"A formally harmonious product needs no decoration; it should be elevated through pure form."

"Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained."

"Good design should be honest."

"I came into the world at the same time as the auto, if you will."

"If you are not constantly improving and learning, then you are going to be stuck and not progress."

"I think one of the important things around tournaments and qualifying tournaments is the jeopardy around it."

"In life, there are really complex, difficult jobs, and some are more complicated and difficult than others. But when you look around at inventions, or records that have been broken, you have to tell yourself that anything is possible."

"Every time a young player comes in, he is excited and wants to prove himself, but also in football, the other players want to prove themselves to any new player that comes in, so that competition is the only way to stimulate performance."

"Good decisions are not necessarily playing it short every time you get the ball. The best teams can play longer or have a threat behind or play through or around. They adapt."

"In England, we've spent a bit of time being lost as to what our modern identity is."

"We have to make the players who haven't played matches feel valued."

"Results are a consequence of doing things well and having high standards, improving the detail of how we play."

"You don't want to be too proud, to get carried away, but if people give you praise, you don't want to throw it back."

"You're always loath to take a player off of his ability."

"I've got to think through all of those things - competition for places, players who need match minutes, and keeping the unity of the squad."

"Sometimes you have to make decisions for the bigger picture."

"If Brexit happens, there will have to be change - whether people want it or not - around work permits. It won't be freedom of movement for European players, so that landscape will change."