The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.
If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.
The entrepreneurial journey starts with jumping off a cliff and assembling an airplane on the way down.
To be honest, I probably wouldn't have gone to Hollywood if I hadn't been offered 'Ugly Betty' because I was a wee bit feart. But you have to make yourself frightened. That's what keeps you alive.
I was an electrician, and I started acting as a hobby because I needed a distraction - I was bored! And only when I started did I think, 'Sheesh, what have I gotten into?' I had to go after it fully; I just had to.
The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'
We were so unprepared that when my husband took off to get groceries, and we'd adopted a 3-year-old, he came back with baby formula, a steak and a teething ring. We had no idea what we were doing. But you learn. There's no way to fully prepare. Just eyes wide open - jump.
My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway.
If you're going off a 90-foot jump, you can't say: 'Oh, I don't want to do this now.' You're going no matter what.
Over the years, when I've seen players retire, when you ask them about it, they always say you'll know when you're ready, and I think I know when I'm ready. I think I'm ready.
I'd visually have that idea. I'm diving off the end of the diving board. I'm not going to be worried about if I'm going to dive into a jellyfish or the water's going to be too cold or the boys are going to beat me. I'm just doing it. And if I do it, it's a good chance I'll make it.
On a dirt bike, when you're sizing up a jump, you can't have any second thoughts. You have to fully commit. If you don't, a lot of things can go wrong.
When it gets to this point, it's just hard to pull the trigger.
Good parts should always scare you a little bit, and good parts... you might not get advice to do them.
You can't study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.
If you want to do something, go for it -you've got nothing to lose.
I would recommend getting married young. That way you don't have all the baggage.
You can go onto that stage every night, and it's always the equivalent of going onto the topmost diving board, and you don't know if there's any water in the pool.
Planning is extremely important, but at some point you have to go out and do it.
I was with my wife for five years before we got married. At some point, she was ready to take the next step, and I would say, 'I'm committed to you now; nothing's going to change.'
I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.
Half of learning a new element is just getting over the fear of doing it. Once you mentally prepare yourself enough to do the jump, that is really half the battle.
You have to try things you're really afraid of, even if you pee yourself a little bit.
I believe in following opportunities.
It's surprising how many people get bogged down in analysing, planning, and organizing when what they really need to do is take action.
