Making excuses burns zero calories per hour.
Your workouts are important meetings you scheduled with yourself. Bosses don’t cancel.
At some point in life you have to face your fears.
Listen to me, even when you lose, it’s OK to lose, but you can never get comfortable with it. You can never be satisfied with losing. When you lose, it’s got to hurt.
Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.
I’ve never been afraid to fail.
You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.
The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That’s what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they’ll go through the pain no matter what happens.
Simplicity is the key to brilliance.
Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
Concentration is the root of all the higher abilities in man.
Dedication, absolute dedication, is what keeps one ahead!
It’s the law of averages: put in more, come out with more.
The only one who can tell you “You can’t” is you. And you don’t have to listen.
You can always do more than you think you can.
Confidence comes from being prepared.
It’s not about the number of hours you practice, it’s about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice.
Everybody shut up. Let us work.
I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.