That feeling is so intoxicating, walking off the court holding the Larry O’Brien trophy. So I just want to do that again.

If you hear a voice within you say ‚you cannot paint,‘ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

I think if I keep working in the way that I am, from the heart and from passion and with love, well, the fruits of that will keep coming.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

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

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

I don’t want to be called a point guard, but I can’t stop it.

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

A mission statement is not something you write overnight… But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life.

The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

You just wait. I’m going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don’t stop, don’t put it down.

You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.

My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

It was clear to me that if I could get through Princeton at the top of my class, I could do anything in the world.

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

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.

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

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

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

What keeps me motivated is love and passion.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate at some point, you ain’t interesting.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.

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.

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

Never be ashamed! There’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth bothering with.

The Bible tells us to be perfect. This is likely a scary thought for many people. It used to scare me. I didn’t think I could ever get there, no matter how hard I tried.

As a kid, I used to see how Sachin Tendulkar used to win matches under pressure for India in Sharjah or other places. So I was always keen to repeat the same in similar situations. I don’t take pressure on myself when I am in the middle. I love pressure, and I always believe that pressure makes you more focused.

That nice, soft pillow and the warm blanket, and it’s all comfortable, and no one wants to leave that comfort – but if you can wake up early in the morning, get a head start on everyone else that’s still sleeping, get productive time doing things that you need to do – that’s a huge piece to moving your life forward.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

It’s rule number one, really – beating your teammate.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

Drink is the only opponent I have been unable to beat.

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

I never woke up and thought, ‚I really want to live a bold life.‘

I have learned, in my life and work as a sportswriter, that big-time Sports and big-time Politics are not so far apart in America. They are both a means to the same end, which is victory… And why not? Victory is good for you, and don’t let anybody tell you different.

My superhero has always been Tendulkar, and it will be Tendulkar for life. He is someone who has inspired me immensely. Just watching him play for India, I used to dream of winning games for India, because he used to do it single handedly.

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions.

I like to use the hard times in the past to motivate me today.

My parents were just constantly affirming me in everything that I did. Late at night, I’d wake up and hear my mother talking over my bed, saying, ‚You’re going to do great on this test. You can do anything you want.‘

Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

Everybody is going to have their critics. It’s easy to get discouraged in life.

The best workers, like the happiest livers, look upon their work as a kind of game: the harder they play the more enjoyable it becomes.