Luck is indeed where preparation meets opportunity.

Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one tenth the enrgy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.

Often think of the worst-case scenario, the "Eaten By Wolves" factor.

Advice is very easy to give, and even easier not to follow, so I don't fool with it.

somehow, with the passage of time, and the dealines that life imposes, surrending became the right thing to do

Coach Graham rode you pretty hard, didn't he?" he said. I could barely muster a "yeah." That's a good thing," the assistant told me. When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, it means they've given up on you.

Brick walls are there for reason. And once you get over them-- even if someone has practically had to throw you over-- it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.