The difference nowadays is that when I go on vacation I work some of the time rather than all of the time.

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.

Writing is done alone. People do not talk about the things they do alone.

His wits have gone dark as his eyes

Man by Nature desires to know.

The greatest danger in life is not taking chances. There are so many negative people wanting to grind you down, but you can't let them. If people say you are mad, you know you're on the right track.

It has always been quite apparent to me that no important story can fail to tell us something of value to us.

When I look at all of the things that I see and all of the potential that America has, we have such tremendous potential, whether it's in business and trade, where we're doing so badly.

I don't believe in balance, not in the classic way.

I cried when my ex-girlfriend sent me a text message saying how much she liked my present to her.

In the future, I see me as being my own artist and definitely not a ballad singer!

I am inclined to put the zenith of success-the time of most consideration and public labor -as somewhere in the sixties, say from sixty-five to seventy.