Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals.

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

We all sort of do want incentives for creative people to still exist at a certain level. You know, maybe rock stars shouldn’t make as much; who knows? But you want as much creativity to take place in the future as took place in the past.

Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can’t take steps toward whatever your goal is.

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.

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.

Never give in – never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

Of course, I do everything for money.

If all you’re doing is grinding for the man, it’s going to burden you. Once you say, ‚Hey, I’m grinding for the man, but I’m putting money away, and this is part of my exit strategy,‘ you’re working for you.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

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

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I’m a realist.

If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‚Why the hell not?‘

My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.

Do all you can to make your dreams come true.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

It was a personal decision for me to stand and say that cricket is all I have in life, there’s nothing I need to do other than cricket. If I want to achieve whatever I thought as a kid, I need to work hard and not let it go to waste.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

A shady business never yields a sunny life.

If you’re bored with life – you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don’t have enough goals.

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

Of course there are moments that you wonder how long you should be doing it because there are other aspects which are not nice, of this lifestyle. But I just love winning.

I’ve never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.

Desire is the essence of a man.

I mean, I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn’t mean I don’t get frustrated in my life.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.

Little things affect little minds.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

I never thought a career as a musician was possible.

Every wall is a door.

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

Example is leadership.

I always was a Christian… whatsoever a man thinks in his heart is who he is.

Somebody once asked me what my theory of life was, and I said, ‚Don’t try.‘ That fits the writing, too. I don’t try; I just type.

Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.

The moment the alarm goes off is the first test; it sets the tone for the rest of the day. The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win – you pass the test.

My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right.

I used to let other people’s struggles affect my happiness. If they weren’t happy, there was no way I was going to be happy. The opposite was also true: If I wasn’t happy, I didn’t want anyone around me to be happy.

Right now, when we’re hearing so much disturbing and hateful rhetoric, it is so important to remember that our diversity has been – and will always be – our greatest source of strength and pride here in the United States.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

I tend not to really think about what other people say. I’d rather just try and focus on what I’m doing, try and win basically.

It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.