Rule number one is: Beat your team-mate.

The only shame is to have none.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans – because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings. That’s why we paint, that’s why we dare to love someone – because we have the impulse to explain who we are.

I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.

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.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

I only want my work to make people happy.

You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

In any profession it gets to be a grind.

To create something you must be something.

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.

When we are thinking about stuff like embeds, we are not thinking about how we are competing with YouTube. We are thinking about how are we going to make it more useful for people to share stuff on Facebook.

I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.

I don’t want a brat on my team.

Just as I wanted to outdo everyone when I played, I had to outdo everyone when we were out on the town.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

Action expresses priorities.

I played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him.

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

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

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.

I’ve always been an unselfish guy, and that’s the only way I know how to play on the court and I try to play to the maximum of my ability – not only for myself but for my teammates.

There have been so many great players that I’ve played with, that I’ve played against over the years.

Don’t give in to excuses that can keep you from really living the best life God has for you.

You don’t lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault, not leadership.

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

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

I’m a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down.

I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do.

I’m trying to get to Mars before everyone else.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn’t set out to build a business empire… For me, building a business is all about doing something to be proud of, bringing talented people together and creating something that’s going to make a real difference to other people’s lives.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.

Emotion creates reality, reality demands action.

Above anything else, I hate to lose.

Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it’s happening.

I don’t know what drives me to succeed.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

Synergy is better than my way or your way. It’s our way.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.

I wanted to use my fame and this face that everyone knows so well to help uplift and inspire people around the world.

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

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.

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.

Success is not a stop sign.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

People who pity themselves think, ‚Why would I try to do anything? I’ll just fail.‘

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

We can succeed only by concert. It is not, ‚Can any of us imagine better,‘ but, ‚Can we all do better?‘