Nick Quotes

There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment.

Success doesn't come from pie-in-the-sky thinking. It's the result of consciously doing something each day that will add to your overall excellence.

Becoming a champion is not an easy process... It is done by focusing on what it takes to get there and not on getting there.

What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference - the precious present moment.

We're not going to talk about what we're going to accomplish, we're going to talk about how we're going to do it.

One thing about championship teams is that they're resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.

Live by the creed that a strong work ethic, playing by the rules, and doing things the right way will bring about opportunities for success and, ultimately, happiness.

Focus on the process of what it takes to be successful.

Mediocre people hate high achievers, and high achievers hate mediocre people.

I don’t care what you did yesterday. If you’re happy with that, you have bigger problems.

Your character is your accumulation of your thoughts, habits and priorities on a day-to-day basis.

We have got to use every opportunity to improve individually so we can improve collectively.

You can't win together if you don't work together.

Be all you can be in whatever you choose to do. The sky is the limit, so go for it. And do not create any self-imposed limitations.

The formula for success is every guy can make a difference for the entire team in whatever his role is. And to do it right, to get it right, is a critical factor in being successful.

There is no continuum for success. Focus on the progress, not the results.

The more one emphasizes winning, the less he or she is able to concentrate on what actually causes success.

If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

My images are unashamedly idyllic and romantic, a kind of enchanted Africa. They're my elegy to a world that is steadily, tragically vanishing.

Anyone who doesn't win their conference has no business playing in the national championship game.

Be on time because it shows you care.

Discipline is not punishment. Discipline is changing someone’s behavior.

Simply put, I believe we should not seek the lowest common denominator when it comes to wilderness and saddle a wilderness designation with exceptions, exclusions, and exemptions.

I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it in three places.

I'm not invited. I'm not on the A list, haven't been on it in 20 years and my feet have never trod its red fluffy carpets.

You listen to a piece of music and it will remind you of something - it might make you happy, it might make you sad, but it is very emotive. And I think that Duran Duran have always understood that.

If I fail, I try again, and again, and again

Joy requires one to be awake, Adjusting the heart's ambience to bright. Some prefer the dark, as is their right, On grounds of agony, and to forsake Not only bliss, but all that's blessed by light.

The identity of the Filipino today is of a person asking what is his identity.

Love is a state that I would like to exist in continuously.

One of the most important accomplishments of the Caucus is raising awareness with law enforcement and communities nationwide on the issues of child safety and Internet safety.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

I have always been a Malibu Man, like all actors.

A lot of the things that until now seemed unthinkable are starting to be thinkable.

When you can't get a miracle, you can still be a miracle for someone else.

You don't know what God can do with your broken pieces until you give God your broken pieces.

I can control the weather with my moods. I just can’t control my moods.

If God can use a man without arms and legs to be His hands and feet, then He will certainly use any willing heart!

If songs were lines in a conversation, the situation would be fine . . .

I'm enjoying the opportunity that Parks And Recreation affords me to exploit my own soapbox agenda, which is to try to encourage people to make things with their hands.

If you don't get result-oriented with the kids, you can focus on the things in the process that are important to them being successful.

Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.

As soon as I stopped trying to think about a business idea and started focusing on what I’m passionate about, that’s when it came to me.

The natural state of the football fan is bitter disappointment, no matter what the score.

Defeat happens only to those who refuse to try again.

I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both basketball and baseball.

Nothing will do more damage to the pro-European movement than giving room to the suspicion that we have something to hide, that we do not have the “cojones” to carry our argument to the people.

As a kid, there are some things you looked forward to. You looked forward to Charlie Brown during Halloween and you looked forward to Monday Night Football.

Have you ever felt trapped in circumstances, then discovered that the only trap was your own lack of vision, lack of courage, or failure to see that you had better options?

I have a wonderfully hedonistic appetite, and if I wasn't really strict with myself, I'd weigh 300 pounds. I'm not good with moderation.