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We are really competing against ourselves, we have no control over how other people perform.
I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.
The minute you begin to do what you really want to do, it's really a different kind of life.
As I see it every day you do one of two things: build health or produce disease in yourself.
Embrace yourself, create a plan of action and of course, ponder the impact of your thoughts.
Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.
I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century.
Never get into the petty habit of measuring yourself worth against other people's net worth.
Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.
No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
Your only limitations are those you set up in your mind, or permit others to set up for you.
When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.
The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much you like and respect yourself.
Sophistication and lifestyle is understanding the difference between trinkets and treasures.
I maintained my edge by always being a student; you will always have something new to learn.
When you talk, you repeat what you already know; when you listen, you often learn something.
I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.
We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.
Not only do I think being nice and kind is easy but being kind, in my opinion, is important.
When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.
When runners win a big race these days, they get a car. When I won a big race, I got a ride.
Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
It's better to be happy doing something you love, even if you don't find success right away.
A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.
It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.
Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.
Have faith in the magic and miracles of life, for only those that do get to experience them.
Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through my conscious thoughts.
I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.
Decide carefully, exactly what you want in life, then work like mad to make sure you get it!
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day.
Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.
Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.
It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts.
The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
To me, every person who smoked was voluntarily killing themselves, and doing it quite openly.
The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.
Oh, God! That boy moves in a very exceptional way. That's the greatest dancer of the century.
Good teams incorporate teamwork into their culture, creating the building blocks for success.
You must see it. You must believe it. And then you must never stop working to make it happen.
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
The valuable person in any business is the individual who can and will cooperate with others.
Lend your friend $20. If he doesn't pay you back then he's not your friend. Money well spent.
The only saint is that soul that never weakens, faces everything, and determines to die game.