We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

My measure of success is whether I’m fulfilling my mission.

But, you know, you can’t be a star at home.

That is my wish, hope, instruction for all of you: Take your education seriously, okay? Always do that. Because I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for my education.

They used to call me ‚Touchdown T.‘ I remember in high school, we had homecoming, and I got in front of the pep rally, and I told them, ‚I’m going to run for three touchdowns.‘ I ran for three touchdowns, kicked the extra point, and took myself out the game.

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

I came to California and got signed at a young age. And it’s not like you see in the movies, where you start rubbing shoulders with Timbaland and Pharrell, and you become a giant pop star.

Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn’t much. But the things that I’m really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I’m not successful, what do I have?

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

When you’re a pop star, it’s a little conservative; you always have to stay in a box. You have fans that are five and fans that are 65; there are so many people wanting so many things.

A number of analysts have observed that although bin Laden was finally killed, he won some major successes in his war against the U.S.

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.

I’ve done everything I wanted to do, even if I have had to pay a very high price – which has been the case most of the time.

Most businesses think that product is the most important thing, but without great leadership, mission and a team that deliver results at a high level, even the best product won’t make a company successful.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

To be honest, there are no problems between me and Messi. People have their own opinions about who they think is the better player. It is what it is, but there is no rivalry beyond games and what happens on the pitch.

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

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.

There is something special which rides on a game between Liverpool and United.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight.

I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.

Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.

If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work.

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand. The primary thing that excites me is the mission. But we have always had a healthy understanding that we need to do both.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

I was 19 or 20 when The Beatles were at their peak, and I was coming up to the peak of my career, too. I was also the first footballer to have long hair, and that’s how I got my nickname ‚the Fifth Beatle.‘

The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.

I’ve thought sometimes about what I like about football, and it’s playing together.

Overnight stardom can be harmful to your mental health. Yeah. It has ruined a lot of people.

I’ve always been privileged to play for Coach Belichick, who I’ve always said is the best coach in the history of the league.

Every successful businessman will have experienced set-backs and failures – they’re lying if they say they haven’t. Virgin has had some tremendously successful businesses and some that have not quite worked out. Virgin Cola springs to mind – the product wasn’t distinct enough from Coca-Cola.

If you are surrounded by your competition and you are outworking these people, outmaneuvering these people, it’s hard not to let your confidence take over. It just builds and builds and builds.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

To me, football is so much about mental toughness, it’s digging deep, it’s doing whatever you need to do to help a team win and that comes in a lot of shapes and forms.

Your success, or lack of success, is your responsibility. Even when you have a chain of command that you don’t like as well, its your responsibility to work with the up chain of command.

I’m confident in who I am. I’ve come to a place in my life where I’ve accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That’s just the way I’ve always tried to be. It didn’t change when I became a star.

America is another name for opportunity.

Giving responsibility is the key to success with boys, especially with the rowdiest and most difficult boys.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

The man who has done his level best… is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.

I’d sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

It undoubtedly feels nice when you are being appreciated and you get complimented by girls. Who doesn’t like that? Having said that, I don’t take it as any pressure.

Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But many in the world lack these luxuries. How do you practice without such tryout venues?

You can’t reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you’ll never lose people knowing you.

I was of the generation where most of the Disney princesses and female characters were not girls that I admired. They just weren’t characters I looked up to and identified with.

I am results-oriented.

Of course awards matter.