Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

I wonder how many times people give up just before a breakthrough – when they are on the very brink of success.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.

Even the best teams can fail. Celebrities can fade. There is only One in whom your faith is always safe, and that is in the Lord Jesus Christ. And you need to let your faith show!

I’m pretty calculating. I take stuff that I know appeals to people’s bad sides and match it up with stuff that appeals to their good sides.

Losing is not an option in Kolkata. It’s not easy, a lot of players even quit.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

‚Mean‘ is a song I wrote about somebody who wrote things that were so mean so many times that it would ruin my day. Then it would ruin the next day. And it would level me so many times, I just felt like I was being hit in the face every time this person would take to their computer.

The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.

To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him.

Losing is tough.

Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.

No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you’re staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It’s very simple when you look at it.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

There are certain things that bother me and certain things that don’t. Personal attacks on me? I think I’m just so used to it.

Hey, I think it’s easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it’s a much greater accomplishment. That’s hard.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Competition gives me energy. It keeps me focused.

Though lovers be lost, love shall not.

It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can’t do anything with that except do it.

I got a greater purpose. God put something in my heart to get across, and that’s what I’m going to focus on, using my voice as an instrument and doing what needs to be done.

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

Sure it’s a big job; but I don’t know anyone who can do it better than I can.

If you or I fail at business, we fail. If we cheat and fail, we go to jail. But if you’re rich and politically connected, your incompetence may be protected by a government bailout.

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

I don’t like looking back. I’m always constantly looking forward. I’m not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I’m too busy looking for the next cow.

I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged that all men will ever act correctly, unless they have a motive to do otherwise.

Young men and women, your education is ever important – to us, to you, and to God.

Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant – the digitalis of failure.

I’m filthy rich!

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.

The idea that to make a man work you’ve got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We’ve done that for so long that we’ve forgotten there’s any other way.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man… It is more powerful than external circumstances.

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.

You just do what you can and you have as much fun as possible.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

The longer a man’s fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

WIth football you can have up to 28 guys you consider starters, and if they can pick up the slack when some aren’t playing so well, you don’t have to turn those two game losing streaks into six-game losing streaks.

Creation is a sustained period of bliss, even though the subject can still be very sad. Because there’s the triumph of coming through and understanding that you have, and that you did it the way only you could do it. You didn’t do it the way somebody told you to do it.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Boot camp sucks – SEAL training sucks – but you know what? That’s what makes you good.

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.

I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me.

I’m always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I’m going to get up in the morning.

Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.

My old drama coach used to say, ‚Don’t just do something, stand there.‘ Gary Cooper wasn’t afraid to do nothing.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

Success has always been a great liar.

Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

Whatever that means, however you got on that mountain, why not try to climb it? And do it in your own way.