Exceptional thinkers ignore their critics and go about their business making history.

We must not sit down and wait for miracles. Up and be going!

I have discovered that I cannot enhance anybody's performance without getting them not only to live with the butterflies that come with high-pressure jobs but to embrace that kind of physical response, enjoy it, get into it. That's the first real ticket to being a performer who thinks exceptionally.

The top players in every field think differently when all the marbles are on the line. Great performers focus on what they are doing, and nothing else...They let it happen, let it go. They couldn't care less about the results.

Superstars think like superstars long before the fans or the press anoint them.

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

Like squirrels, the best in every business do what they have learned to do without questioning their abilities - they flat out trust their skills, which is why we call this high-performance state of mind the "Trusting Mindset."