Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.

Start where you are, use what you have.

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.

I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.

You won't know what "success" means if you don't appreciate what "hardwork" is.

There was something comforting about believing in things that didn’t exist.

When something extraordinary shows up in your life in the middle of the night, you give it a name and make it the best home you can.

The VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the woman alone.

Obviously I love working in film and television, but I started in theater and I'd love to be on Broadway.

I think you have to remember that writing is hard; my first editor used to say that to me.

Some people do not seem to grasp that I still have to sit down in peace and write the books, apparently believing that they pop up like mushrooms without my connivance.

Libraries serve the information needs of all of the people in the community — not just the loudest, not just the most powerful, not even just the majority. Libraries serve everyone.

Vimes stalked gloomily through the crowded streets, feeling like the only pickled onion in a fruit salad.