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.
We create a standard for how we want to do things and everybody’s got to buy into that standard or you really can’t have any team chemistry. Mediocre people don’t like high-achievers and high-achievers don’t like mediocre people.
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.
I think everybody should take the attitude that we’re working to be a champion, that we want to be a champion in everything that we do. Every choice, every decision, everything that we do every day, we want to be a champion.
What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference – the precious present moment.
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.
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.
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.
Focus on the process of what it takes to be successful.
Your character is your accumulation of your thoughts, habits and priorities on a day-to-day basis.
I don’t care what you did yesterday. If you’re happy with that, you have bigger problems.