If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again.

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

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing.

When I was five, I think, that’s when I started wanting to be an actress. I loved to play. I didn’t like the world around me because it was kind of grim, but I loved to play house. It was like you could make your own boundaries.

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

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

If you can ask a young man to give his life for his country, you can lead people.

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

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

If you’re in this business and you are scared, then you better do something else.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

When you seek the presence of your creative Spirit and are filled with passion about virtually everything you undertake, you’ll successfully remove the roadblocks from your life and enjoy the active presence of Spirit.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Why go through life if you’re not going to challenge yourself?

We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor – got her master’s with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.

The temptation to take the easy road is always there. It is as easy as staying in bed in the morning and sleeping in. But discipline is paramount to ultimate success and victory for any leader and any team.

You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of industry and valor.

Lot of players lose hope because of lack of motivation.

Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.

It feels good being a restaurant owner because it’s part of my dreams of being the biggest mogul.

I have short goals – to get better every day, to help my teammates every day – but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It’s all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing.

Not having hope is not an excuse for not doing something.

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.

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it’s an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we’re facing.

If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

Action expresses priorities.

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it’s all just noise that lets me know that I’m relevant.

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.

We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans – because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings. That’s why we paint, that’s why we dare to love someone – because we have the impulse to explain who we are.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

I use my celebrity status to inspire someone, to give them hope.

I’m chasing perfection.

I don’t want flowers or candy or anything like that. I just want somebody to say, ‚Wow, you’ve done a great job.‘

It’s when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that’s the time you can work on them. You can help them shape their dreams.

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals.

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!

When the negative thoughts come – and they will; they come to all of us – it’s not enough to just not dwell on it… You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

I think happiness is a goal all of us can agree on. Let’s face it – we all would like to be happy.

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

It’s the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

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

Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

People will try to bring you down, but you gotta go up.

Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

I won’t accept anything less than the best a player’s capable of doing… and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ‚This is a misfortune‘ but ‚To bear this worthily is good fortune.‘