Confidence is consistency of thinking about what is possible and how to make it possible.

As soon as anyone starts telling you to be "realistic," cross that person off your invitation list.

The idea of perfect closes your mind to new standards. When you drive hard toward one ideal, you miss opportunities and paths, not to mention hurting your confidence. Believe in your potential and then go out and explore it; don't limit it.

The true exceptional performer is on super pilot. Every single sense, every fiber of his body is brought together in what he is doing.

High achievers dwell on what they do well and spend very little time evaluating themselves and their performances.

If you really want to break from the pack, you have to risk being perceived to be as eccentric as these people. You have to think exceptionally-a LOT!

History shows us that the people who end up changing the world - the great political, social, scientific, technological, artistic, even sports revolutionaries - are always nuts, until they are right, and then they are geniuses.