I’m extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. Scoring titles and stuff like that… it sounds, well, I don’t care how it sounds – to me, scoring comes easy. It’s not a challenge to me to win the scoring title, because I know I can.

I was everything an R&B singer wasn’t. I wasn’t in shape. I wasn’t a pretty boy.

I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people’s minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.

Beauty is not caused. It is.

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.

Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they’re pretty, even if they aren’t.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.

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

I don’t see that my majority opinions are going to be undone.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

I believe in the Golden Rule – The Man with the Gold… Rules.

It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

You can’t be happy by doing something groovy.

You need to think outside the box. You need to think differently if you want to sustain what, for me, is my peak performance: the very best that I can achieve as an athlete every day.

Bragging just sounds good, man.

Our brains are either our greatest assets or our greatest liabilities.

Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

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.

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.

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

People’s minds are changed through observation and not through argument.

God didn’t make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you.

It doesn’t matter where you come from, what you have or don’t have, what you lack, or what you have too much of. But all you need to have is faith in God, an undying passion for what you do and what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful in whatever you put your mind to.

I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I’m pretty sure we both know what we’re doing.

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

I’d rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right.

The idea of going to school and getting a job is the most destructive one in your brain.

Since the team understands that the leader is de facto in charge, in that respect, a leader has nothing to prove. But in another respect, a leader has everything to prove: Every member of the team must develop the trust and confidence that their leader will exercise good judgment, remain calm, and make the right decisions when it matters most.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

I thought one should have the attitude of ‚What do you care what other people think!‘

For a long time, I had the idea that I would do a certain amount of work the best I could, and then I would reach a comfort zone, and I wouldn’t be pushed to write more. I would become a different person. It’s a surprise to me that this hasn’t happened. Your body ages, but your mind is the same.

Don’t be dependent. At all. Ever. Period.

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!

Successful people make money. It’s not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

People always say that you can’t please everybody. I think that’s a cop-out. Why not attempt it? ‚Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.

Anything you put your mind to and add your imagination into can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun.

If you’ve lost your spirit, even living in the richest country in the world can’t help you become rich.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.

Get busy living, or get busy dying.

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.

The thing I always say to people is this: ‚If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.‘

You’re going to go through tough times – that’s life. But I say, ‚Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.‘ See the positive in negative events.

My dad used to have an expression – ‚It is the lucky person who gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they are about to do, and thinks it still matters.‘

Never be ashamed! There’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth bothering with.

There are definitely people who disagree with certain creative decisions you make. Pleasing everyone is pretty hard.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.

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

My fat never made me less money.

The only thing I know is I ain’t changing my brand. I know what I believe. I’m confident in what I know. And I’m gonna say it. And if folks like it, wonderful. If they don’t like it, I understand.

If you look at space companies, they’ve failed either because they’ve had a technical solution where success was not a possible outcome, they were unable to attract a critical mass of talent, or they just ran out of money. The finish line is usually a lot further away than you think.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control.