Success is won by those who believe in winning and then prepare for that moment.

You can't be common, the common man goes nowhere; you have to be uncommon

Let me start with issuing you a challenge: Be better than you are. Set a goal that seems unattainable, and when you reach that goal, set another one even higher.

When you pull on that jersey, you represent yourself and your teammates, and the name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back. Get that through your head!

You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.

Great moments are born from great opportunities.

The name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back.

Write your own book instead of reading someone else's book about success

This is your time. Their time is done. It's over. I'm sick and tired of hearing about what a great hockey team the Soviets have. Screw 'em. This is your time. Now go out there and take it!

You must have goals in your life, or otherwise be prepared to be used by those who do have them.

Win, lose, or tie, you're gonna play like champions!

It's impossible, that's for sure. So let's start working.

Sadly, there are writers who wouldn't know an umlaut from an omelet.

Do not be a one in a million person, be a once in a lifetime individual.

You never suffer from a money problem, you always suffer from an idea problem.

Everyone thinks I'm a wimp and even my own band hates me. Oh, well. I guess I'll just flip 'em the bird!

God, in the end, gives people what they most want, including freedom from himself. What could be more fair?

People are lonely. They want company and your book can provide them company and a little bit of hope. And there's nothing wrong with that.

I'm not the one who was elected." Although she disagreed with her husband on "a lot of issues," she emphasized, "I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view.

Making of poetry, music, dance and art as culture-making in the service of nation-making. You can find writings that make that purpose for art quite explicit.

It is always easy to shine in the dark mud! Choose the difficult task: Amongst the pearls under the sun, try to shine more than them!