My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'

Patience. I will become what I know I am.

I am competing with what I am capable of.

I knew where I wanted to go, what kind of player I wanted to become and I focused on getting there.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them

I missed 9000 shots in my career, lost almost 300 games and missed the shot to win the game 26 times.

You have to be uncompromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared... Excellence isn't a one-week or one-year ideal. It's a constant. There will be days when you don't feel on top of your game, or meetings in which you aren't at your best, but your commitment remains constant. No compromises.