“ Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work. ”

“ If you quit ONCE it becomes a habit. Never quit!!! ”

“ Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. ”

“ To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate. ”

“ Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen. ”

“ I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. ”

“ Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. ”

“ 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. ”

“ We cannot live better than in seeking to become better. ”

“ Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for. ”

“ Let him who would move the world first move himself. ”

“ No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. ”