Surrounded by noises from televisions, airplanes, subways and automobiles, most of us 'tune out' for self-protection.

By stretching yourself beyond your perceived level of confidence you accelerate your development of competence.

Life is a continuous exercise in creative problem solving.

Innovation is the creation and delivery of new customer value in the marketplace.

Champions know that success is inevitable, that there is no such thing as failure, only feedback. They know that the best way to forecast the future is to create it.

Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity.

Over-seriousness is a warning sign for mediocrity and bureaucratic thinking. People who are seriously committed to mastery and high performance are secure enough to lighten up.

Keeping your mind open in the face of uncertainty is the single most powerful secret of unleashing your creative potential.

Your brain has a capacity for learning that is virtually limitless, which makes every human a potential genius.

A champion views resistance as a gift of energy.

We have more possibilities, more freedom, more options than any people who have ever lived. Yet there is more junk, more mediocrity, more garbage to sort through than ever, too.

Mistakes are experiences. Without these experiences, there is no learning.

It's what you choose to believe that makes you the person you are.

And out of darkness came the hands that reach through nature, moulding men.

Decide what your currency is early. Let go of what you will never have. People who do this are happier and sexier.

When you can sell [empty seats] at the gate for an upgrade for 500 bucks or 600 bucks... it makes all the sense in the world.

I'm sure you're always working in your head, but when you're actually physically working, you're in your studio, right? For me, it changes all the time. That's something I really love.

The truly wise are content to be last. They are, therefore, first. They are indifferent to themselves. They are, therefore self-confident.

All the women I know feel a little like outlaws.

ATLANTA NIGHTS is sure to please the reader who enjoys this sort of thing.

By losing present time, we lose all time.