I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune.
Seven Steps to Success 1) Make a commitment to grow daily. 2) Value the process more than events. 3) Don't wait for inspiration. 4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity. 5) Dream big. 6) Plan your priorities. 7) Give up to go up.
All great achievements require time.
Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.
If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.
Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty. I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.
If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, “Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.”
Stay hungry. Stay foolish.
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Sometimes life’s going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.
Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them – a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
The best revenge is massive success.
A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.