The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.

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.

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.

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.

We were sent to earth to fulfill our mandate and life’s purpose

When I am alone in the forest at night-time and jump from one tree to another, I often think that life is so strange.

Sometimes the most difficult thing is to be able to see the most obvious thing!

You don't believe in organized religion, yet a major theme in so many of your works seems to be a quest for God.

The illusion that we understand the past fosters overconfidence in our ability to predict the future.

I had the drive to pursue speedskating and I found a sport that I was good at. If I'd got into cycling, I would just be another has been.

We're all looking for those moments - a relief. That's why people go out and treat themselves.

Your attitude to life is far more important in determining your happiness than your money, appearance, social status or talent.

Deduction, which takes us from the general proposition to facts again-teaches us, if I may so say, to anticipate from the ticket what is inside the bundle.

There is no limit to the ingenuity of man if it is properly and vigorously applied under conditions of peace and justice.