Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.
I would tell players to relax and never think about what’s at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you’ve lost your focus.
I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot. When you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.
The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Don’t give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don’t listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
Fear and self-doubt have always been the greatest enemies of human potential.
Every act of self-discipline increases your confidence, trust, and belief in yourself and your abilities.
Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.
Your state of mind is everything.
Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strangle confidence.
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. It does not enable us to escape evil. It makes us unfit to face evil when it comes. It is the interest you pay on trouble before it comes.
It isn’t work that makes you tired, it’s your mental attitude.
If it can be solved, there’s no need to worry, and if it can’t be solved, worry is of no use.
The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful.
Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health.