Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.

Let’s face it, we’re all imperfect and we’re going to fall short on occasion. But we must learn from failure and that will enable us to avoid repeating our mistakes. Through adversity, we learn, grow stronger, and become better people.

Promise to think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best from yourself and others.

How you run the race - your planning, preparation, practice, and performance - counts for everything. Winning or losing is a by-product, and aftereffect, of that effort.

Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.

Failure is not the crime. Low aim is.

A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it