Believe me, I’m much easier to be around when we win than when we lose.

A good boxing competition gives one the sight of fine men in their prime, trained to the ounce, showing the highest skill, pluck and endurance in carrying out their attack and defence under strict rules of fair play and good temper.

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

Whether for life or death, do your own work well.

When I used to play sports, I’d be the one cheering the team on, ‚Come on, we can beat these guys!‘ That’s just in me.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

The great question of our time is, ‚Will we be motivated by materialistic philosophy or by spiritual power?‘

Everybody could be an entrepreneur, but very few will become very rich entrepreneurs.

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.

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

You cannot let where you are today cause you to get stuck. I’m going to be my best right now. That’s what faith is all about.

One of the huge imbalances in life is the disparity between your daily existence, with its routines and habits, and the dream you have within yourself of some extraordinarily satisfying way of living.

Ambition has become a dirty word, and I believe it is a great evolutionary force for the positive. If people fail or go astray in their ambition I can live with it but not with people lowering their expectations, wasting time, slacking off and glorifying failure and stupidity.

The child in you, like all children, loves to laugh, to be around people who can laugh at themselves and life. Children instinctively know that the more laughter we have in our lives, the better.

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

In soloing – as in other activities – it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

I wouldn’t ever say if you’re having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

The time is always right to do what is right.

Anyone can have a good day, but you have to be able to perform on a bad day.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares… if you don’t really work them.

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

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

God’s desire is that we excel.

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.

I can do whatever I want.

I’m about being the best.

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

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

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

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

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

Even though you are on the right track – you will get run over if you just sit there.

No pressure, no diamonds.

A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.

When we make progress quickly, it feeds our emotions. Then, when there’s a period of waiting or we hit a plateau, we find out how committed we really are and whether we’re going to see things through to the finish or quit.

I don’t have a problem with ageing – in fact, I embrace that aspect of it. And am able to and obviously am going to be able to quite easily… it doesn’t faze me at all.

I don’t feel pressure in a negative way. I like pressure. I feel excitement and calm at the same time. No pressure, no diamonds. I want pressure: pressure creates drama, creates emotion.

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.

In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‚we have a problem, let’s go and get it‘.

Some people take defeat and losses a certain way. You see how some fighters take losses.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.

I wish everyone well, but you need to focus on yourself. You need to stop putting your hand out. Everyone wants hand outs. Everyone wants things for free. You’ve got to put in the work. You’ve got to grind. You’ve got go through the struggle, and you’ve got to get it.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

God wants to use you to make other people happy! And the happier you make others, the happier you will be because you reap what you sow.

When you begin to worry, go find something to do. Get busy being a blessing to someone; do something fruitful. Talking about your problem or sitting alone, thinking about it, does no good; it serves only to make you miserable. Above all else, remember that worrying is totally useless. Worrying will not solve your problem.

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.

I remember they used to tell me, they said, ‚Khaled, you can’t get a Rolls-Royce; you need to get one of them small ones.‘ So I went and bought a Phantom.