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

Even when you’re 50, you can make the effort to improve your standards.

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn’t.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don’t see what goes on underground – as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don’t see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree.

I’m always trying. Between every book, I think, ‚Well now, it’s time to get down to the serious stuff.‘

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.

I didn’t always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night.

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

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 all look like happy campers to me. Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you will always be.

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.

Never be ashamed! There’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth bothering with.

I try to live what I teach. A lot of things come against us in life, but we should try to find something to be grateful for, and see each day as a gift.

The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it.

The risk for me would be in not taking one – that’s the only thing that’s really risky for me.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Stand a little less between me and the sun.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don’t know how to manage it.

Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it’s about earning approval and acceptance.

When I inspire myself, I want to spread the word because its important to be healthy. I don’t think they’re teaching us enough about that. I think we should eat better and exercise. Look who’s saying that – a guy who was 300 pounds – but I’m doing a lot better than I used to. I’m letting people know its important because it makes you feel better.

Aim for the highest.

Make bold choices and make mistakes. It’s all those things that add up to the person you become.

It’s a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this, something will change, what will change is that you will change, your life will change, and if you can change you, you can perhaps change the world.

Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response.

There is no real limit to how much better a person who really commits to getting better can get. Every manager has the potential to become an excellent manager for the rest of his or her career.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don’t want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you’re not performing at your best.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

I’m not very ambitious at all.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

I don’t want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me – spiritually and financially.

The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

One of the most important decisions you’ll ever make is choosing the kind of universe you exist in: is it helpful and supportive or hostile and unsupportive? Your answer to this question will make all the difference in terms of how you live your life and what kind of Divine assistance you attract.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.

Don’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.

The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.

The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.

You must keep raising this game to higher and higher levels, as on the pool table – mastering eventually the psychological angles. Your playing is a pleasure, all the way to the end, to death, when the game is over.

In my entire life, any time I’ve ever lost something, I’ve gotten something even better going around the next corner. It’s like one door closes and another door opens. As long as I can walk through the produce section in every grocery store in this country and eat the grapes that they’re going to throw away, I know I can be fine.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life’s not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.

I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going – I have no post-satisfaction.

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

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

I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

The sun doesn’t always shine in West Virginia, but the people do.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.