Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

You defeat defeatism with confidence.

Second place is meaningless. You can't always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been - that you were never beaten - that time just ran out on you.

The darkest moments of our lives are not to be buried and forgotten, rather they are a memory to be called upon for inspiration to remind us of the unrelenting human spirit and our capacity to overcome the intolerable

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

Mental toughness is a state of mind - you could call it 'character in action.'

In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.