Of course there are moments that you wonder how long you should be doing it because there are other aspects which are not nice, of this lifestyle. But I just love winning.

Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.

No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Wine gives a man nothing… it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword – two jackets, one that’s driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man.

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.

Have you ever asked yourselves what you are going to do when you grow up? In all likelihood you will get married, and before you know where you are, you will be mothers and fathers; and you will then be tied to a job, or to the kitchen, in which you will gradually wither away. Is that all that your life is going to be?

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.

I didn’t work hard to sit down and not work.

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

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.

What was important to me was entertaining the audience, and whether that meant winning, losing, singing, or whatever it was on the live show we were doing every week, which was awesome, I was game for it.

I like to recede away from classifications. You might say that indicates a fundamental lack of commitment. I suppose that’s true to some degree.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

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.

My enthusiasm seems to cause my world to endlessly offer me cooperative, co-creating experiences. I’m willing and I’m eager, and not just about my writing – I feel the same way about staying in shape, enjoying my family, giving a lecture, or whatever it may be.

I’m here. I’m not going anywhere. No matter what the injury – unless it’s completely debilitating – I’m going to be the same player I’ve always been. I’ll figure it out. I’ll make some tweaks, some changes, but I’m still coming.

The making of the far-famed New York Central Park was opposed by even good men, with misguided pluck, perseverance, and ingenuity, but straight right won its way, and now that park is appreciated. So we confidently believe it will be with our great national parks and forest reservations.

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.

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.

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

It is always your next move.

It’s dangerous to read the Internet about yourself when you’re me. Or when you’re anyone in the public eye.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

I’m not really a Hollywood person. Not that I don’t like L.A., but I’m just a Northern California guy.

No one is ever successful at everything that they do.

I’m an introvert somewhat. There could be a room full of people, I’ll go stand in the corner.

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve. Did you never see it?

Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.

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

I was very depressed when I was 19… I would go back to my apartment every day and I would just sit there. It was quiet and it was lonely. It was still. It was just my piano and myself. I had a television and I would leave it on all the time just to feel like somebody was hanging out with me.

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.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn’t think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.

I want people to draw strength from me.

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

O‘ What may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!

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.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

I’m not going to get somewhere and say, ‚OK, I’m done.‘ Success is never final; I’ll just keep on going. The same way as failure never being fatal. Just keep going. I’m going to the stars and then past them.

It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.

I try to use my experience and the fact that I grew up in the ghetto – I tell people you don’t have to rob or steal to get out of the ghetto.

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.

If I’m going to get you to do stuff, I need to lead you. I can’t just order you to do it.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

The best of us must sometimes eat our words.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.