The seeds of great victory lie in minor triumphs.

Luck influences everything in life, but nothing beats setting goals and striving body and soul to achieve them.

Pessimism is a losing strategy. Leadership demands both confidence and optimism in abundance.

Greatness as a leader is measured in part by your willingness to accept daunting challenges. Achieving tough goals requires practicing the secret of commitment: Risk all to win all.

Fight only after creating conditions for victory.

Sheer effort enables those with nothing to surpass those with privilege and position

Be a leader, not a superior.

Little Bird if you don't sing for me I will make you sing

Luck favors the bold. Leaders must fearlessly exploit the Secret of Decisiveness. Act boldly at critical moments.

Whether in commerce, administration, or on the battlefield, leaders who win understand the Secret of Victory: Act first to finish first.

Strong leaders understand that action cures indecision

Destiny is the invention of the cowardly and the resigned.

The pace of the game demanded a referee who was fit. It is an indictment of our game. You see referees abroad who are as fit as butcher's dogs. We have some who are fit. He wasn't fit.

At the moment there are some England players who are the stars of their club teams, but not for their country. It's difficult to explain.

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

Writers must rely more on the feel of a sentence than on the dictates of a rule book.

People are moved by my story, but they're only moved by my story because of what I do on the court.

I love the whole lingerie outfit - you know, thigh-high tights and garters.

Make thyself perfect; others, happy.

Trust is precious and easily wasted, and guessing is a lousy foundation for future progress.

It is easy to ignore responsibility when one is only an intermediate link in a chain of action.