You can tell a lot about a man's character by watching him win or lose money.
I believe that refusing to quit and refusing to fail will trump talent and brilliance in the end.
Money is the great equalizer.
Tobey Maguire was the worst tipper, the best player, and the absolute worst loser.
I approach everything, including sobriety, with the same mentality I approached sports with. You're going to put in the time. You've got to suit up, show up, and keep your eyes on the win.
In sports, especially skiing, you have to be comfortable with risk. You have to have a relationship with fear, and it can't dominate the decision-making process.
Life is about making choices, seeing those choices through, and living through consequences.
The human spirit is so resilient, and failure teaches you so much.
Know when to fold. Pay attention to the signs. They're there.
I had a full-time driver, or I would take my Bentley. I'd have big houses in the Hamptons for the summer, taking seaplanes or helicopters out. I did a lot of flying privately to Miami. A lot of shopping.
Ideally, I would like to not be in the public eye.
My mom had put her house up to bail me out of jail!
I did a little soul searching to explore where I had gone wrong, why I made the decisions I did, how my definitions of success and ambition were off. I love a great new pair of shoes - I love to look at my bank account and see zeroes - but what is it attached to?
Even if there are people around to help you, you don't suffer with an audience; you don't triumph with an audience.
I created a lot of drama and mess in my life.
You're as sick as your secrets, and my whole life was a secret, so it's just... it's been really healing, and I've found a lot of inner peace by just owning everything and moving forward from there.
I know for sure that you have to re-define power as power that comes from within. Success needs to be more comprehensive and attached to something with meaning.
I moved to Los Angeles. My parents were not on board with that, and so I had to get a lot of different jobs. One of them was working for a man in Hollywood who had a weekly poker game.
I was in the company of movie stars, important directors, and powerful business tycoons. I felt like Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole.
You're going up against the billionaire boys' club or trying to find your way into something you have no basis for, and it's bigger than anything you ever imagined - and then actually having that work. Having that risk pan out. It taught me to be very fearless - maybe too fearless in the end.
