Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

If you stop struggling, then you stop life.

Let go of yesterday.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It’s something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, ‚How did you get to where you’re at today? How did you get to where you’re running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?‘

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

The temptation to take the easy road is always there. It is as easy as staying in bed in the morning and sleeping in. But discipline is paramount to ultimate success and victory for any leader and any team.

I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine.

I have promised myself that I’m going to do everything I can for as long as I can.

If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you’re criticizing God.

I’m all about evolution. I’m the first person to judge myself.

Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

I’ve learned never to say never.

I’m not the same man I used to be, I’m not out hell-raising, stuff like that. I am a changed man.

Watch out for the joy-stealers: gossip, criticism, complaining, faultfinding, and a negative, judgmental attitude.

Most of the time, I’m not even working; I’m just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.

If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.

I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

If you’re going to be a winner in life, you have to constantly go beyond your best.

I just do the best I can and write something interesting, to tell stories in an interesting way and move forward from there.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.

Fear is stupid. So are regrets.

I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it.

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

I am just one human being.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.

Be not a slave of words.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

I understand that being able to appeal to the public and having an amazing sense of humour is not something that comes easy. It’s definitely a gift and for which I’m thankful.

When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn’t much. But the things that I’m really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I’m not successful, what do I have?

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don’t know because we don’t want to know.

Mine is better than ours.

I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you’re supposed to use whatever happen to you as some type of upper, not a downer.

When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.

The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.

The more you know the less you need to say.

I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.

I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better.

Don’t grow accustomed to living with less, doing less, and being less to the point that you eventually sit back and accept it.

You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.

I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life.

I’m one of them guys that tries to make everything the best of the best, so sometimes I’m out of control with it.

The moment the alarm goes off is the first test; it sets the tone for the rest of the day. The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win – you pass the test.

Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don’t live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.

Why go through life if you’re not going to challenge yourself?

However great may be the work for which we are responsible, we will always do well if we pause to spend time in sacred praise.

If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.

One must steer, not talk.

In a magazine, one can get – from cover to cover – 15 to 20 different ideas about life and how to live it.