I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow, but my mind is OK.

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

For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.

It doesn’t matter if the water is cold or warm if you’re going to have to wade through it anyway.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

Meditation helps me to calm down.

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

If it’s stress of things that we cannot control, what you have to do is you mitigate that stress as much as possible. You’ve planned, you’ve trained, you’ve done everything you can in your power to mitigate the stress that’s facing you. And then after that, there’s nothing you can do. So, you have to let that one go.

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

If I feel anxious every time someone is staring at me, well, I can’t control what they stare at, but my reaction is, I’m just not going to go outside the house. I’m going to stay in and chill. And when I do go out, I understand what comes along with that.

By indignities men come to dignities.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I’d still swim. And I’d despise the one who gave up.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

At one point he decided enough was enough.

I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball.

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn’t write, I would stop breathing.

The most successful detectives owe their success to noticing small signs. Scouts are natural detectives and never let the smallest detail escape them. These small things are called by Scouts ‚Sign.‘

That is my wish, hope, instruction for all of you: Take your education seriously, okay? Always do that. Because I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for my education.

People have different emotional levels. Especially when you’re young.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

My success isn’t a result of arrogance – it’s a result of belief.

Hatred is self-punishment.

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

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.

I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

I want a president with a record of public service, someone whose life’s work shows our children that we don’t chase fame and fortune for ourselves: we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.

In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.

Often, in the real world, it’s not the smart that get ahead but the bold.

God sent me on earth. He send me to do something, and nobody can stop me. If God want to stop me, then I stop. Man never can.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

The best way out is always through.

No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you’re staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It’s very simple when you look at it.

Depression runs in my family on both sides, and I have to be wary.

In the world of money and investing, you must learn to control your emotions.

Before you start a goal – let’s take care of our insecurities because they are going to surface when you put yourself in the crucible and you’re suffering.

I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.

Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

To excel at the highest level – or any level, really – you need to believe in yourself, and hands down, one of the biggest contributors to my self-confidence has been private coaching.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were – to the very last minute – a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

This guy Clubber Lang, I’ve been him all my life. He’s mean and hungry just like me.

Too many people measure how successful they are by how much money they make or the people that they associate with. In my opinion, true success should be measured by how happy you are.

Men weren’t always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

Many times, we miss out on God’s best because we give up too soon. We don’t realize how close we are to victory.