I lift heavy weights and sprint, but I am so bad at it that I develop severe injuries.

You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity.

Life is a tightrope between two errors: generalizing the wrong particular and particularizing the wrong general.

The number of managers with great track records in a given market depends far more on the number of people who started in the investment business (in place of going to dental school), rather than on their ability to produce profits.

You never win an argument until they attack your person.

Heroes are heroes because they are heroic in behavior, not because they won or lost.

Learn to fail with pride - and do so fast and cleanly. Maximise trial and error - by mastering the error part.