I won at every level – all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I’ve won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won’t be fulfilled until I win at the highest level.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

No foreign policy – no matter how ingenious – has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none.

The first two games for Churchill, I was so jittery that I didn’t know what to do. I was running more but didn’t know what to do. I’ve no bones accepting the fact that I didn’t know what was happening in the game.

Football is a sad game.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

When I was writing the Destiny’s Child songs, it was a big thing to be that young and taking control. And the label at the time didn’t know that we were going to be that successful, so they gave us all control. And I got used to it.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

On one of my last days at school, the headmaster said I would either end up in prison or become a millionaire. That was quite a startling prediction, but in some respects, he was right on both counts!

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

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

The best thing about the Kentucky Derby is that it is only two minutes long. It is the quickest event in sports, except for Sumo-wrestling & Mike Tyson fights. Maybe Drag-racing is quicker, but I have never been attracted to it.

No boxer in the history of boxing has had Parkinson’s. There’s no injury in my brain that suggests that the illness came from boxing.

I don’t like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I’m from New York. I will kill to get what I need.

After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.

I don’t want to be called a point guard, but I can’t stop it.

There is something special which rides on a game between Liverpool and United.

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 don’t mind people hating me, because it pushes me.

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man’s, I mean.

Really, you don’t lose until you stop trying.

There’s something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

Aim for the highest.

I have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been for my spending summers on the golf course. I could have watched more film, that’s for sure. One advantage Joe Paterno had over me was that he didn’t play golf.

My cash cows, the slick magazines, were put out of business by TV.

I’d rather be a victor than a victim.

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

To be able to finish opportunities that I do get in the paint, that makes a difference.

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

Why is it that although it takes us years to get into our messes, we expect God to get us out of them in a few days?

Founding a company is hard. Most of it isn’t smooth. You’ll have to make very hard decisions. You have to fire a few people. Therefore, if you don’t believe in your mission, giving up is easy. The majority of founders give up. But the best founders don’t give up.

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

A revolution is not a bed of roses.

I know what it feels like to struggle to get the education that you need.

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

God helps those who help themselves.

I could give a flying flip about doing promo because, no disrespect, nobody put me in the position that I’m in.

My mom cleaned toilets for a long time, and she’d seen a lot of terrible things, but she was still the strength of our family. And there are women like that all across the country – all around the world – who show that type of fortitude.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it – when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward… with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.

If I went out to play basketball with other kids, when I came home I’d shower and go right back to the computer again. If there was a birthday party or a family activity, I would take my laptop and spend the whole day there.

My drive is other people’s success.

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

Rule number one is: Beat your team-mate.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.

Luck marches with those who give their very best.

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.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

You have to be tough and have a lot of faith.

When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.

People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn’t hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me. Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time – I would say eight to 10 cookouts.

Bring them on.

Imagine your family finally making it from nothing to something, and finally getting things going, and finally buying a beautiful house and taking care of your children – and the next day, it’s completely all gone. Zero. Boom. Flat broke. So that’s when I had to man up.

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.

A lot of blood, sweat, and tears have gone into this career of mine.

I am simply trying to struggle through life; trying to do God’s bidding.

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.