We are such materialists that all our metaphors are going to be material.

Concentrate on what will produce results rather than on the results, the process rather than the prize.

I don't want to be better than you or her or him - I want to be better than I am right now

A true competitor works the hardest, cares the most, and makes the best of what they have.

Passion is a huge prerequisite to winning. It makes you willing to jump through hoops, go through all the ups and downs and everything in between to reach your goal.

Your path and purpose will become crystal clear when you begin to trust your vision.

Good talent with bad attitude equals bad talent.

Champions behave like champions before they are champions

Invest in great relationships, they will pay a lifetime of dividends.

I've observed that if individuals who prevail in a highly competitive environment have any one thing in common besides success, it is failure—and their ability to overcome it.

Failure is part of success, an integral part. Everybody gets knocked down. Knowing it will happen and what you must do when it does is the first step back.

The truth is like salt. Men want to taste a little, but too much makes everyone sick.

When we operate on the basis of the will to control, we are aware of only one kind of "evil": the failure of existence to conform to the plan we have for it.

When you look at the beautiful sunset, you feel as if you are falling in love. Maybe all over again.

The only constant in the technology industry is change.

We had to google the lyrics to our own song

The ideal view for daily writing, hour for hour, is the blank brick wall of a cold-storage warehouse. Failing this, a stretch of sky will do, cloudless if possible.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.

Speaks well of a man to need a little something in this world. I wouldn't trust a man who could git through it cold sober.

Arsenal's defence will be a worry going forward

I have attended operas, whenever I could not help it, for fourteen years now; I am sure I know of no agony comparable to the listening to an unfamiliar opera.