And winning is a huge thing for me.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.

Be careful what you set your heart upon – for it will surely be yours.

So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it.

Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.

The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

Aim for the highest.

You may think it was a very little thing, and in these days it seems to me like a trifle, but it was a most important incident in my life. I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day; that by honest work, I had earned a dollar. I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.

I’m a pretty good winner. I’m a terrible loser. And I rub it in pretty good when I win.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

My drive is other people’s success.

Infinite striving to be the best is man’s duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God’s hands.

If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.

I’m not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I’m doing. So if I’m playing basketball, if I’m taking the SATs, like, there’s a competitive spirit behind it. With production, it’s the same thing.

It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.

When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.

To live without Hope is to Cease to live.

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.

I think the first thing you should know is that nobody in country music ‚made it‘ the same way. It’s all different. There’s no blueprint for success, and sometimes you just have to work at it.

I knew I wasn’t going to be a rocket scientist – let’s not be fools – but I wasn’t going to be a bum.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you’re moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

To become ‚unique,‘ the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination.

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success… such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

Quitting doesn’t enter my mind.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

I just owe almost everything to my father and it’s passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again.

If I’d had some set idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago?

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

I use my celebrity status to inspire someone, to give them hope.

Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.

There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it’s all just noise that lets me know that I’m relevant.

I promise you, I will have something on the Internet that is game-changing. I can’t lose.

I see fighters make funny videos about me and stick them on Facebook and get 20 likes. When I make a video, I sell it to Fox and make seven figures. That’s the difference.

I think that once you’ve had a few No. 1s in your career that you’ve kind of proven yourself, and I don’t feel the need to prove anything anymore.

In this knowledge-worker age, it’s now increasingly tied to doing well in school so you can get into better grad schools so you can get better jobs – so the pressure to do well is really high.

Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.

When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.

The good part about youngsters is that they are so fearless. You want to be like them.

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can’t move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.

There’s a long way to fall when you pretend that you’re so far away from the earth, far away from reality, floating in a bubble that’s protected by fame or success. It’s scary, and it’s the thing I fear the most: to be swallowed up by that bubble. It can be poison to you, fame.

Never, never, never give up.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.

They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?

The only time my records are going to be broken is by my own spawn. I’m going be training that child out the womb.

I’m sure everyone knows now that only a few have performed in Madison Square Garden. That list is so small. Now I’m on that list. I’m a part of a very small group, which is unbelievable. You relish in that moment for a second.