The goal in life is the same as in basketball: make the effort to do the best you are capable of doing--in marriage, at your job, in the community, for your country. Make the effort to contribute in whatever way you can. You may do it materially or with time, ideas, or work. Making the effort to contribute is what counts. The effort is what counts in everything.

Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort.

Consideration for others brings many things.

It is harmful to compare yourself to others. Others will do that for you.

Every day, try to help someone who can't reciprocate your kindness.

The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are. Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.