You can’t think; you just gotta do things.

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.

A man’s felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.

Belief creates the actual fact.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.

I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you’re prepared for it.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

We’re just enthusiastic about what we do.

I am results-oriented.

You can’t hire someone to practice for you.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.

From caring comes courage.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

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.

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end.

I pity the fool who just gives up.

Don’t give in to excuses that can keep you from really living the best life God has for you.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

Anytime someone tells me that I can’t do something, I want to do it more.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

I’m not sure what you need first – the players believing or others believing in them – but in the end, both have to think it.

Remember that your imagination is yours and yours alone. You have the inborn capacity to use it in any way that you choose. No one else is responsible for your imagination. Anything placed in your imagination and held there ultimately becomes your reality.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

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.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.

If an idea isn’t exciting, you shouldn’t do it.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

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

When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.

I’m always disappointed when people don’t live up to their potential. I know that a number of people look down on themselves and consequently on everybody who looks like them. But that, too, can change.

The thing I always say to people is this: ‚If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.‘

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.

Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

We’ve been programmed, from the time that we were very, very little, about what we can’t do – about what is impossible.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it’s usually lousy.

Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don’t limit myself.

I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.

Well, I don’t think there’s any need for people to focus on my career.

It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.

Lot of players lose hope because of lack of motivation.

The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.

Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

When there’s so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you’ve already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days?

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

I don’t do meetings.

Don’t ever doubt yourselves or waste a second of your life. It’s too short, and you’re too special.

Anyone can have a good day, but you have to be able to perform on a bad day.