Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

Let man live at a distance from God, and the universe remains neutral or hostile to him. But let man believe in God, and immediately all around him the elements, even the irksome, of the inevitable organize themselves into a friendly whole, ordered to the ultimate success of life.

Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.

You have to feel confident. If you don’t, then you’re going to be hesitant and defensive, and there’ll be a lot of things working against you.

As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he said, ‚I don’t want to become like Bruce Lee’s son, with everybody telling me how good my father was.‘ I just think my son is too lazy.

Never lose a holy curiosity.

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.

I try to make it look easy, but the behind-the-scenes stuff is the challenge.

I just want to do well with the national team.

Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.

It doesn’t matter if you want to be a teacher, an astronaut, or a reggaeton singer, you need to study.

Even when you’re 50, you can make the effort to improve your standards.

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

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.

Americans never quit.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

A lot of the things that will really improve the world fortunately aren’t dependent on Washington doing something different.

Don’t find fault, find a remedy.

Fun is one of the most important – and underrated – ingredients in any successful venture. If you’re not having fun, then it’s probably time to call it quits and try something else.

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

I take inspiration from everyone and everything. I’m inspired by current champions, former champions, true competitors, people dedicated to their dream, hard workers, dreamers, believers, achievers.

Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.

While some doubted that connecting the world was actually important, we were building. While others doubted that this would be sustainable, you were forming lasting connections. We just cared more about connecting the world than anyone else. And we still do today.

The day will come – and it is not far off – when the legacy of Lincoln will finally be fulfilled at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, when a black man or woman will sit in the Oval Office. When that day comes, the most remarkable thing about it will be how naturally it occurs.

Racing, competing, it’s in my blood. It’s part of me, it’s part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else.

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don’t want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you’re not performing at your best.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.

The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

In any profession it gets to be a grind.

I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal… God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

Life loves the liver of it.

At 155, I will be the same animal, an even better animal.

When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.

Life is about growing and improving and getting better.

Hope is a waking dream.

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future.

I need music. It’s like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what’s going on – bad games, press, whatever!

I’ve noticed that when I am selling a lot of records, certain things become easier. I’m not talking about getting a table in a restaurant.

I don’t want no handouts. I want to get it out the mud.

The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.

I believe that one person can make a difference.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.

It is extremely difficult to say how long the process actually took to finally achieve my fragrance, Boudoir, because there was a lot of time waiting around for other people.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.

We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.