Set higher standards for you own performance than anyone around you, and it won't matter whether you have a tough boss or an easy one. It won't matter whether the competition is pushing you hard, because you'll be competing with yourself.

You are trying not only to reach your potential but to move beyond it. If you are not in the best shape you can be, these things simply become more difficult to achieve.

True motivation is not getting people to play to their potential. It's getting people to play beyond their potential

He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one.

Postponing action is only postponing achievement.

Learning to live in the present tense-one that's free from the failures of the past and the anxieties of the future-is a wonderful gift, and one you always should be striving for.

Self-esteem is directly linked to deserving success. You must deserve victory to feel good about yourself.