Life is complicated. It's a form of joy to have no other choice.

Concentrate on what will produce results rather than on the results, the process rather than the prize.

I don't want to be better than you or her or him - I want to be better than I am right now

A true competitor works the hardest, cares the most, and makes the best of what they have.

Passion is a huge prerequisite to winning. It makes you willing to jump through hoops, go through all the ups and downs and everything in between to reach your goal.

Your path and purpose will become crystal clear when you begin to trust your vision.

Good talent with bad attitude equals bad talent.

Champions behave like champions before they are champions

Invest in great relationships, they will pay a lifetime of dividends.

I've observed that if individuals who prevail in a highly competitive environment have any one thing in common besides success, it is failure—and their ability to overcome it.

Failure is part of success, an integral part. Everybody gets knocked down. Knowing it will happen and what you must do when it does is the first step back.

Reveal to the people and make them experience God first before you make them church members

The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

All the rest of us - you and me and even the thousands of soldiers behind the lines in Africa - we want terribly yet only academically for the war to get over.

I use a pick in my hair without force. You use a lawn mower-you got peat moss.

I was born in an elevator, and - as my mother said - naturally it was going down. She said, "All I remember is telling your father, 'That's it! Never again!'" That's why I'm an only child.

No literature is sound, no philosophy of action workable, if it doesn't take a hard look at itself.

We grew up in the good old days before kids had these damn computers and actually played outside.

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.

The face that's in the mirror when I don't like what I see / I guess that's just the cowboy in me.