Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.

Don’t swap horses in crossing a stream.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

On one of my last days at school, the headmaster said I would either end up in prison or become a millionaire. That was quite a startling prediction, but in some respects, he was right on both counts!

I’m inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

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

I’m only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge.

Of course, ‚I Will Always Love You‘ is the biggest song so far in my career. I’m famous for several, but that one has been recorded by more people and made me more money, I think, than all of them. But that song did come from a true and deep place in my heart.

Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long.

No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends. But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.

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

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

Certainly it is valuable to a trained writer to crash in an aircraft which burns. He learns several important things very quickly. Whether they will be of use to him is conditioned by survival. Survival, with honor, that outmoded and all-important word, is as difficult as ever and as all-important to a writer.

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.

I’m not going to get somewhere and say, ‚OK, I’m done.‘ Success is never final; I’ll just keep on going. The same way as failure never being fatal. Just keep going. I’m going to the stars and then past them.

Every season is a new challenge to me, and I always set out to improve in terms of games, goals, assists.

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

I’ve played with IVs before, during and after games. I’ve played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don’t miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn’t that serious in the first place.

Aim for the highest.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

In all my work, I try to say – ‚You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?‘

You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

The worst thing is for a player to come to a club and not be able to play.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

When I won the first Grammy, there was no other feeling like that feeling. It just made me feel like I came so far, like that was just a dream a few years before that, and then it was happening right then.

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.

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.

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.

Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I’m doing, I always tell myself, ‚You can do better than this.‘

If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

I always feel like it’s two key ingredients when it comes to following your dreams, making something happen that the average person deems difficult. If you truly believe it, that’s step one. Step two, is, you know, the hard work that goes along with it.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

I saw MotoGP on TV first, before I saw F1 and other types of car racing. It’s what I got more into. It was cool, there was good, exciting racing.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

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.

Well begun is half done.

I started writing at the kitchen table after midnight. It took ten months to finish that first book; I sent it to a publisher and I got some kind of prize, so it was like a dream – I was surprised to find it happening.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching.

I’m not the sort to back away from a fight. I don’t believe in shrinking from anything. It’s not my speed; I’m a guy who meets adversities head on.

I will not be triumphed over.

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

It’s hard to tell with these Internet startups if they’re really interested in building companies or if they’re just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don’t really want to build a company, they won’t luck into it. That’s because it’s so hard that if you don’t have a passion, you’ll give up.

When the first big paycheque with ‚Dumb And Dumber‘ hit, I went: ‚Gosh, I wonder if this will affect my performance. Will I do a take and think, was that worth $7 million?‘ But that never happened. If anything, it made me rebel against that thing when people who get rich start playing it safe.

We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.

My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Nothing will work unless you do.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

And winning is a huge thing for me.

Founding a company is hard. Most of it isn’t smooth. You’ll have to make very hard decisions. You have to fire a few people. Therefore, if you don’t believe in your mission, giving up is easy. The majority of founders give up. But the best founders don’t give up.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

You know, not to sound corny or nuthin‘, but I felt like a fighter comin‘ up, man. I felt like, you know, I’m being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this.

I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn’t have that kinda money to put out.

Always do whatever’s next.