I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

I feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn’t have put the desire in me.

No pressure, no diamonds.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

That feeling is so intoxicating, walking off the court holding the Larry O’Brien trophy. So I just want to do that again.

The successful men I admired all built their bodies.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.

The thing I always say to people is this: ‚If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.‘

If you look at my life, generally, I’ve been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.

I’m afraid to fail again.

People who pity themselves think, ‚Why would I try to do anything? I’ll just fail.‘

If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn’t be anything for us to do.

If I wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, I must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened.

Everyone, no doubt, remains first and foremost a man of his own country and continues to draw from it his motive force.

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

Winning the title in England is the biggest challenge of them all.

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

I struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That’s why now, even when I get tired, I think, ‚This is what I asked for.‘

Without failure there is no achievement.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

The Premier League is one of the most difficult in the world. There’s five, six, or seven clubs that can be the champions. Only one can win, and all the others are disappointed and live in the middle of disaster.

I think the message has already been sent to Hollywood, which is that this kid’s a hard worker, he’s talented, and people are coming out to see him. And when you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.

If you’re going through hell, keep going.

I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.

I just figured out that if I gave my all into this game – if I put everything into the fight business – then I would eventually run the fight business.

I just have an enthusiasm for life.

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

There’s many ups and downs in the fight game.

Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America.

Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

We all know we have a finite period of time. I just feel if I’m going to be alive, I want to be challenged – to be as immortal as possible. The path to that isn’t an easy way, but it’s a rewarding way.

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

I do not live on false promises. I cannot afford to live on bad advice.

The richest people in the world look for and build networks; everyone else looks for work.

While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.

I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started.

I will fight in many weight divisions.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before.

If all my bridge coach ever told me was that I was ‚satisfactory,‘ I would have no hope of ever getting better. How would I know who was the best? How would I know what I was doing differently?

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

A lot was accomplished in my mixtape career. But I still needed a few things: I needed to be recognized. I need to have radio. I need to have a real retail machine that can get us where we need to get that.

Most people have the opportunity of a lifetime flash right in front of them, and they fail to see it. A year later, they find out about it, after everyone else got rich.

I believe that one person can make a difference.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.

When I started my last business, I didn’t receive a paycheck for 13 months. The average person can’t handle that pressure.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.