Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.

A word after a word after a word is power.

I have goals.

When times are bad is when the real entrepreneurs emerge.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

At the end of the day, I understand that life has road blocks, and life is like school – you’ll be tested; we gotta pass it.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

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.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

Morse conquered his electrical difficulties although he was only a painter, and I don’t intend to give in either till all is completed.

The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider… the riders contend for its possession.

Lot of players lose hope because of lack of motivation.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one’s belly, in order to be able to save one’s head.

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

Love to everybody who is out there progressing and taking things to the next level.

I want people to draw strength from me.

Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith.

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.

We can take a ‚It was hard to get there.‘ But we ain’t taking no loss. We’re going to win.

People think because I’ve got some success, I’ve made it, but in my eyes it’s like, ‚How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?‘ Not that I’m trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.

I’d rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

One word from the Lord is like a piece of gold to a believer, who is like a jeweler, shaping and hammering out the promise for a number of weeks.

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

I know I want to always do the best I can.

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone.

You’re not a product of your nature. That is your genetic makeup or your nurture, the things that have happened to you. Of course those things affect you powerfully, but they do not determine you.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

I’ve always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

If we’re going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there’s only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

I like working. That’s when I’m feeling my best. And the people around me know that. My wife knows that.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Work aside, we come to New York for the possibility of interaction and inspiration.

I have the Midas touch, in the way that when I hook up with a project, I feel, not speaking cocky or conceited, but there’s a confidence I have. I learned that from Muhammad Ali; I used to bodyguard him. He taught me about confidence. So when it comes to any job I work, I’m gonna do it good; I’m going to bring it over the top.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

Frustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in – that we do it to God, to Christ, and that’s why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn’t the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.

You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of diseases of the world at large, it’s really let us down.

When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they’re not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can ‚cause I know I’m gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.

The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.

Those people in New York are not gonna change me none.

I never got into training to be an All-Ireland boxing champ or to win a belt. At the start, I just got into it to learn how to defend myself when I got into situations.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

Anyone can have a good day, but you have to be able to perform on a bad day.

By any accepted standard, I have had more than nine lives. I counted them up once, and there were 13 times I almost and maybe should have died.

Everybody has a purpose.

You must reward the kind of behavior that you want.

Sometimes you need faith and victory spoken over your life. Words have created power. When you receive them into your spirit, they can ignite seeds of increase on the inside.

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.