Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

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

The important thing is to be in love with something.

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

I don’t think I ever thought of myself as Superman. But there were people who thought of me that way, and maybe I believed them a little.

All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

I’ve played with IVs before, during and after games. I’ve played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don’t miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn’t that serious in the first place.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

I need music. It’s like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what’s going on – bad games, press, whatever!

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.

Years ago I met Richard Burton in Port Talbot, my home town, and afterwards he passed in his car with his wife, and I thought, ‚I want to get out and become like him‘. Not because of Wales, because I love Wales, but because I was so limited as a child at school and so bereft and lonely, and I thought becoming an actor would do that.

The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.

Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

Never complain and never explain.

The reason that I’m here at all is because of my relationship with my family and their encouragement of me to be a musician and to work hard. As long as I stay there in that space, I can do anything. That’s my truth.

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 man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

I worked out early on to give up things I couldn’t do well at all.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

I’ve always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

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

I have always believed in God.

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Losers are people who are afraid of losing.

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

It was a personal decision for me to stand and say that cricket is all I have in life, there’s nothing I need to do other than cricket. If I want to achieve whatever I thought as a kid, I need to work hard and not let it go to waste.

No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

I played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him.

People think that at the top there isn’t much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

I never woke up and thought, ‚I really want to live a bold life.‘

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

The gods too are fond of a joke.

I look at where I’m at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life.

You know, there is always times where you feel discouraged and things coming against you, but I don’t know if I ever wanted to throw in the towel.

The man who knows it can’t be done counts the risk, not the reward.

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

I went through every emotion with tryna pursue what I’m doing, you know what I mean? And I think what’s gon‘ separate whoever’s gon go for something, that you ain’t gon‘ quit.

I’m an atheist and I thank God for it.

I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right; but it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation may be on the Lord’s side.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

I just want to lobby for God.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

If you gain, you gain all. If you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then, without hesitation, that He exists.

Becoming an inspiration for kids is great. I want to inspire them to do whatever they want to.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.