There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

I haven’t been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.

The temptation to take the easy road is always there. It is as easy as staying in bed in the morning and sleeping in. But discipline is paramount to ultimate success and victory for any leader and any team.

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

Begin with the end in mind.

I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

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

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

To me, if you’re trying to impress a girl, get a date, they’re gonna like that more because you’re a confident guy. That’s what it comes down to.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams.

You see things; and you say ‚Why?‘ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‚Why not?‘

I won’t accept anything less than the best a player’s capable of doing… and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!

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.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he’ll never stop to trouble about whether he’s happy or not.

As long as I’m learning something, I figure I’m OK – it’s a decent day.

Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.

You are victors, not victims!

Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.

I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.

Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

I look at myself like a show dog. I’ve got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape.

Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me.

‚They‘ is… stay away from them, please. There is so many different definitions of ‚they.‘ You might have a personal ‚they.‘ They against you; they want you broken and miserable. They don’t like winners; they don’t like people who’s blessed. So everybody’s got a different ‚they.‘

Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don’t live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it’s more dangerous to lose than to win.

I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal… God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

If you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That’s what I’ve done.

It is easier to be critical than correct.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say.

Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it’s about earning approval and acceptance.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, ‚always do what you are afraid to do.‘

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

I enjoy competition. I enjoy challenges. If a challenge is in front of me and it appeals to me, I will go ahead and conquer it.

I’ve learned never to say never.

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.

Not having hope is not an excuse for not doing something.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Happiness doesn’t come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

You can change your world by changing your words… Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.

I think there are a number of things that you can do to encourage your kids‘ dreams, but I do believe in speaking by experience of having a lot of help along the way, stumbling in the past. We’ve all stumbled, and we certainly all deserve to get up and walk again.

I can be a cruel person.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.