Growth only really comes at the point of resis­tance, but that is the moment that we tend to stop. Because it hurts... pushing our lim­its, is a mus­cle that can be cul­ti­vated like any other - incrementally.

In America, people focus on the end result; they focus on the star.

I have never considered myself a prodigy. Others have used that term, but I never bought in to it.

Not only do we have to be good at waiting, we have to love it. Because waiting is not waiting, it is life.

Just about every error has a technical and psychological component: get good at discovering those connections

The key to pursuing excellence is to embrace an organic, long-term learning process, and not to live in a shell of static, safe mediocrity. Usually, growth comes at the expense of previous comfort or safety.

It is rarely a mysterious technique that drives us to the top, but rather a profound mastery of what may well be a basic skill set.