“The Italians are not indulgent, as Americans are. They don't have the ...” — Marcello Giordani Quote

“The Italians are not indulgent, as Americans are. They don't have the patience to teach young singers how to move. They think you should learn in school.”

“God smiled on me in every sense. I was born a tenor, and you know what that means. Tenors are a rare commodity.”

“I learned my profession onstage. I didn't have a musical background. I had no conservatory training. I don't play an instrument.”

“I quit my job in the bank when I was 19. I took a chance. I went to Milan to study opera and singing. My father really supported me economically.”

“Sicily is a blessed land. First, because of its geographic position in the Mediterranean. Second, for its history and all the different peoples who have settled there: Arabs, Greeks, Normans, the Swedes. That has made us different from others. We exaggerate, we overdo. We love Greek tragedy. We cry, we fight, sometimes for nothing.”

“In the past, my voice was my enemy.”

“In football a championship team is never bought, it's built with time and patience.”

“Patience is key. You can't get selfish, and that's the number one thing I've learned at WWE. The world continues to go round, and I just knew - given the right opportunity and the right moment - that the world would know I was good, but now the world knows that I'm great.”

“No one who strives with full faith and heart for the blessings of eternal life will be denied. And how great will be the joy and how much deeper the appreciation then after enduring in patience and faith now.”

“Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.”

“I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.”

“My advice to someone to follow in my footsteps is to have patience. I've been doing this for twelve years.”