An American Idol is someone that has all the qualities that America thinks is positive, attractive and alluring.

My daughter was born when I was nowhere near where I am now, and she took me to another level. I said, 'I have to become a better person in this life if I want to serve as an example. If I want to set a positive example for her, I need to get better myself.'

From 'America's Got Talent' I've learned to not look at all the bad comments and just concentrate on the positive.

There is no positive outlook about Shawn Kemp in Seattle. When that name is mentioned, it brings nothing but negativity.

Smile's' definitely got that AM '70s vibe. It's just a fun, upbeat, positive song.

I don't really sit there and watch all the positive plays. I try to go through the things I can improve on and come up with a game plan, a formula for next year so that I can be a better player.

You have to take whatever comes at you, and you've got to look at it as a positive.

Our line of work is very cynical, and a lot of it is driven by cynicism, cruelty, and meanness. It's easier to believe the negative stuff than the positive stuff. The feel-good stories don't usually spend a lot of time on the front pages.

I just try to come with energy every day, to be positive, to have conversations with people, to have them get to know me, to get to know everybody else, and then to try to have my finger on the pulse of how to help the project go in a direction that I think can be successful and rewarding.

In a spiritual sense, a positive attitude may help you get through chemotherapy and surgery and radiation and what have you. But a positive mental attitude does not cure cancer - any more than a negative mental attitude causes cancer.