Sit up straight, listen and participate.

There are some concrete ways to create a winning attitude. But nothing beats practicing it. When you prepare to win, belief comes easily.

Hard work breeds self-respect.

You spend more of the game preparing to win in the final seconds. And that is what separates winners from losers.

Setting up a system that rewards you for meeting your goals and has penalties for failing to hit your target is just as important as putting your goals down on paper.

Class is more important than a game.

Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.