The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

I’m not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

Nobody looks like they did when they were 20, so why not take advantage of the fact that you’re changing, emotionally as well as physically?

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.

You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.

I’ve always been really, really aware of my insecurities – really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.

I’m sure the feeling of fear, as long as you can take advantage of it and not be rendered useless by it, can make you extend yourself beyond what you would regard as your capacity. If you’re afraid, the blood seems to flow freely through the veins, and you really do feel a sense of stimulation.

I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.

In the world today many people rightfully feel entitled to have success and the good things in life, but they usually understand it will require sacrifice and hard work.

The answer to all writing, to any career for that matter, is love.

The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.

I think my vice would be outdoing myself.

If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people, but I don’t regret having concerned myself with them because I think most of us are disturbed.

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

I knew ‚Crenshaw‘ had elevated me and distinguished me.

Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

If a subject excites us, if it stirs our deepest curiosity, or if we have to learn because the stakes are high, we pay much more attention. What we absorb sinks in.

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That’s what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they’ll go through the pain no matter what happens.

Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith.

The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

If you ask people what they’ve always wanted to do, most people haven’t done it. That breaks my heart.

You’re just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You’ve got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It’s all down to you, mate.

Americans never quit.

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains. I know. I’ve done it.

I think that’s why my career is going to be so long: Because I haven’t given people everything.

If you’re in this business and you are scared, then you better do something else.

I want to represent… to the kids to draw strength from me. So they can see that everybody goes through something, but you can rise up and do your best. Just try.

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

I’ve taken countless shots in my life, so you know the ones when you’re in rhythm, with a perfect release, and it’s on track, that it’s going in.

While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.

Energy begets energy.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

You can’t think; you just gotta do things.

I’ve never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.

Most of us aren’t defeated in one decisive battle. We are defeated one tiny, seemingly insignificant surrender at a time that chips away at who we should really be.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

I don’t feel too much pressure. I only see an opportunity.

If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don’t just be mad at him or her.

I don’t want no handouts. I want to get it out the mud.

If a man does his best, what else is there?

When I do something, I do it full steam ahead.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.

Sometimes if you got a problem deep rooted in your life, it takes a little bit of time to overcome it in that area.

Commit yourself to a mighty purpose.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes,‘ he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. ‚Shake it off. Stop complainin‘. Stop grumblin‘. Stop cryin‘. We are going to press on. We have work to do.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.