Never think of the consequences of failing for you will always think of a negative result. Think only positive thoughts and your mind will gravitate towards those thoughts!

When I got cut from the varsity team as a sophomore in high school, I learned something. I knew I never wanted to feel that bad again. I never wanted to have that taste in my mouth, that hole in my stomach. So I set a goal of becoming a starter on the varsity.

I make shoes for white suburban kids, not the poor black kids. That would be like opening a restaurant for people without stomachs.

Excellence isn't a one-week or one-year ideal. It's a constant.

I heave the basketball; I know it sails in a parabola, exhibiting perfect symmetry, which is interrupted by the basket. It's funny, but it is always interrupted by the basket.

If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear.

Nothing of value comes without being earned.