To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles.
If you believe you can, you might. If you know you can, you will.
Stop trying to ‘fix’ yourself; you’re NOT broken! You are perfectly imperfect and powerful beyond measure.
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks.
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.
An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.
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.