Anxiety is the gap between the NOW and the THEN. So if you are in the NOW, you can't be anxious, because your excitement flows immediately into ongoing spontaneous activity.

A self-willed man has no other aim than his own growth.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

To become a champion requires a good mental attitude toward preparation. You have to accept the most tedious task with pleasure.

Learning is definitely not mere imitation, nor is it the ability to accumulate and regurgitate fixed knowledge. Learning is a constant process of discovery - a process without end.

I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged.

The athlete who is building muscles though weight training should be very sure to work adequately on speed and flexibility at the same time. In combat, without the prior attributes, a strong man will be like the bull with its colossal strength futilely pursuing the matador or like a low-geared truck chasing a rabbit.