My coach told me, "Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there's always someone out there who's working just a little harder - if you take 150 practice shots, he's taking 200." And that drove me.

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.

I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.

There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that

I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.

You're all playin' for second place.

I hate to lose more than I like to win.

I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red.

To diminish the cases in which the assistance of others is felt absolutely necessary is the only genuine road to independence.

I started playing piano when I was around four; thats my first passion.

The wise have mastered body, word, and mind. They are the true masters.

Dreading that climax of all human ills the inflammation of his weekly bills.

How dare these boxers challenge me with their primitive skills? It makes me angry.

There is no one who does not exaggerate. In conversation, men are encumbered with personality, and talk too much.

The devil doesn't need an advocate. The brave need supporters, not critics

I have been keeping track of the boy with the bread.

Send lawyers, guns, and money. Dad, get me out of this.