Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

If you are full of motivation as a player, if you are full of concentration, I am open arms.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it’s more dangerous to lose than to win.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.

I’ve felt like an outsider all my life. It comes from my mother, who always felt like an outsider in my father’s family. She was a powerful woman, and she motivated my father.

In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‚we have a problem, let’s go and get it‘.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

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

I think that at the start of a game, you’re always playing to win, and then maybe if you’re ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

The only shame is to have none.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching.

You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

If you don’t live your life, then who will?

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.

If all you’re doing is grinding for the man, it’s going to burden you. Once you say, ‚Hey, I’m grinding for the man, but I’m putting money away, and this is part of my exit strategy,‘ you’re working for you.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.

I believe you never get tired by doing work. You get tired when you don’t work. When you clean your house, you don’t get tired; it gives you satisfaction.

I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

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

You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

When I did have some success, it further emboldens you to be like, ‚No, I’m just going to write what I feel I should write.‘

I plan on taking athletics as far as I can.

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.

At one point he decided enough was enough.

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.

Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can’t take steps toward whatever your goal is.

People want to feel hopeful.

If four things are followed – having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance – then anything can be achieved.

My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right.

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don’t do that by sitting around.

If we’re really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what’s causing us to do what we do.

If you deserve it, go get it.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

I didn’t have nothin‘ going for me… school, home… until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything.

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

I criticize by creation – not by finding fault.

It kills me to lose. If I’m a troublemaker, and I don’t think that my temper makes me one, then it’s because I can’t stand losing. That’s the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.

I can’t ever remember sitting around and saying, ‚gosh let’s hurry up and get these debates going, that’ll win it for me.‘ Nope.

Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.

I believe that one person can make a difference.

You can’t try to do things; you simply must do them.

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it – young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous – is changed by it.

Pessimism never won any battle.