I am sure as everyone knows that I am not the happiest if I don’t do a good job in qualifying or the race.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

What is Champions League level? I saw a lot of rubbish games at Champions League level.

Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

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

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

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Marathon running, like golf, is a game for players, not winners. That is why Callaway sells golf clubs and Nike sells running shoes. But running is unique in that the world’s best racers are on the same course, at the same time, as amateurs, who have as much chance of winning as your average weekend warrior would scoring a touchdown in the NFL.

I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can start with anything precise. You have to achieve such precision as you can, as you go along.

You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

I used to watch some F1 races but I was never straightaway thinking ‚that is what I want to do.‘

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

Even the best and biggest teams in the world do not reach finals of tournaments.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

I don’t want to look sloppy, because then I feel sloppy.

If we’re going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento, I will pump up Sacramento.

A man’s character is his fate.

There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we’ve got a system that allows them to do it.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

I need to keep working on myself for a while.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

Passions are the gales of life.

Practice yourself, for heaven’s sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

The key to winning is choosing to do God’s will and loving others with all you’ve got.

Facebook is in a very different place than Apple, Google, Amazon, Samsung, and Microsoft. We are trying to build a community.

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

It is not God’s will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

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

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

At Real, psychological pressure on the players is much more serious than at United. This is good. At many clubs, you don’t know the consequence of playing badly.

To learn something but not to do is really not to learn. To know something but not to do is really not to know.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

My favorite affirmation when I feel stuck or out of sorts is: Whatever I need is already here, and it is all for my highest good. Jot this down and post it conspicuously throughout your home, on the dashboard of your car, at your office, on your microwave oven, and even in front of your toilets!

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

My whole thing now is I know how to think properly to be successful in all aspects of my life. It’s not about ultra running or being a SEAL or pull-up records: it’s about if you want to be better you, have to change your perceived limitations and take the barriers down.

Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.

Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don’t have to be rich. You don’t have to be a genius. You don’t have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.

Everything is my demon muse. I have a muse which whispers in my ear and says, ‚Do this, do that,‘ but it’s my demon who provokes me.

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Either you’re the one erasing or you’re the one being erased.

If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.