I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way – I hope it never will.

Without discipline, there’s no life at all.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life.

Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don’t limit myself.

Liverpool is a club with a big, big, big history, and all the clubs in the world have a big history if the present is not too successful. If you have never had success, then nobody knows how it is, but in Liverpool, everybody knows how it was.

Expect me to continue what I’ve been doing, which is trying to take over the world.

Winning takes precedence over all. There’s no gray area. No almosts.

If you get something right, you really feel it, right in your chest, on stage. I think it’s an incomparable experience.

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.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

The successful men I admired all built their bodies.

To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.

I know what I believe, I know what I want to do, and I’m just comfortable saying it, and laying it out there.

Don’t wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits.

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

After the first day of practice, there’s not one guy who’s playing at 100 percent or who feels great. Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day – it just hurts.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Thanks to my fans that have been with me from the beginning, I was able to sell out arenas on my own.

I think the Iranians are clearly determined to have a nuclear program. And we have to assume that with a nuclear program they have the capability and the will to create a nuclear weapon.

I won’t be satisfied until people want to hear me sing without looking at me. Of course, that doesn’t mean I want them to stop looking.

I didn’t come to Hollywood. Hollywood came to me. A lot of people wish they could say the things I say. Everyone out here is so phony, it’s sickening.

The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.

Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.

I didn’t know what a stockbroker was when I was eight, but I would just tell everybody that’s what I was going to be.

I believe in believing. My coach John Kavanagh is a big atheist, and he is always trying to persuade people to his way of thinking, and I think, ‚What a waste of energy.‘ If people want to believe in this god or that god, that’s fine by me; believe away. But I think we can be our own gods. I believe in myself.

Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand. The primary thing that excites me is the mission. But we have always had a healthy understanding that we need to do both.

Irrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn’t mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you realize.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.

I’ve never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I’ve wanted the music to do that.

It isn’t sufficient just to want – you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

Frustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.

I’d rather be a victor than a victim.

I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.

Dave Mackay is my definition of a superstar. The man broke his leg three times, but wouldn’t be carried off. He walked off.

Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God’s final word on where your lips end.

To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.

I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution – they said I was crazy and would never make a living from writing.

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

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

The odds of me coming into the rocket business, not knowing anything about rockets, not having ever built anything, I mean, I would have to be insane if I thought the odds were in my favor.

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

Richard Burton came from the same town as me, so I thought I’d follow my nose, and follow my luck. I think I’ve been very lucky.

My choices, including those related to the day-to-day aspects of life, like the use of a modest car, are related to a spiritual discernment that responds to a need that arises from looking at things, at people and from reading the signs of the times. Discernment in the Lord guides me in my way of governing.

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.

Every man, and for stronger reasons, every artist, wants to be recognized. So do I.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win – essential to success.

Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in.

When schools flourish, all flourishes.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.