Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

Lots of young players have triumphed at United, so why can’t it happen to me? I’m not worried I’m young – it’s an incentive to do the best I can.

To me, if life boils down to one thing, it’s movement. To live is to keep moving.

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.

You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.

I identify myself as a hustler since I was a young kid.

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

I have only one counsel for you – be master.

To excel at the highest level – or any level, really – you need to believe in yourself, and hands down, one of the biggest contributors to my self-confidence has been private coaching.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

I’m more than comfortable just sitting back and scoring 21, 22 points or whatever and getting 10, 11 assists whatever the case might be. More than comfortable with that. It’s just a matter of the pieces that you have around you and what you can do to elevate everybody else.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Ideas excite me, and as soon as I get excited, the adrenaline gets going and the next thing I know I’m borrowing energy from the ideas themselves.

The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way – I hope it never will.

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there’s only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

I have always believed in evolving a consensus before taking any major decision.

Of course it would be nice for everybody and myself if we could win but we can still have a personal or a team win if we achieve a target that is effectively a win for us.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.

I’m glad I’m not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone’s tape recording what you say.

Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.

I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves.

Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.

I really do encourage other manufacturers to bring electric cars to market. It’s a good thing, and they need to bring it to market and keep iterating and improving and make better and better electric cars, and that’s what going to result in humanity achieving a sustainable transport future. I wish it was growing faster than it is.

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

I’ve done everything I wanted to do, even if I have had to pay a very high price – which has been the case most of the time.

If a small-town boy like me who bagged groceries was able to make his dreams come true, you can too.

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.

God has already done everything He’s going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

You sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.

It’s not going to do any good to land on Mars if we’re stupid.

There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.

But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you’ve got to compromise. You’ve got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward.

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated.

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

Never let yesterday use up too much of today.

Some men see things as they are, and say why. I dream of things that never were, and say why not.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

The British people know that, given strong leadership, time, and a little bit of hope, the forces of good ultimately rally and triumph over evil.

Once we start to act, hope is everywhere. So instead of looking for hope, look for action. Then, and only then, hope will come.

I am in the fighting game. I don’t care about anything else. I don’t watch the news, I don’t care about politics, I don’t care about other sports. I don’t care about anything I don’t need to care about. This is my sport: it is my life. I study it; I think about it all the time. Nothing else matters.

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.

Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.