In the NFL you get one first-round draft pick if you're lucky. You couldn't really outwork anybody else. In college I could recruit ten players with first-round talent every year.

There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment.

Success doesn't come from pie-in-the-sky thinking. It's the result of consciously doing something each day that will add to your overall excellence.

Becoming a champion is not an easy process... It is done by focusing on what it takes to get there and not on getting there.

What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference - the precious present moment.

We're not going to talk about what we're going to accomplish, we're going to talk about how we're going to do it.

One thing about championship teams is that they're resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.

Live by the creed that a strong work ethic, playing by the rules, and doing things the right way will bring about opportunities for success and, ultimately, happiness.

Focus on the process of what it takes to be successful.

Mediocre people hate high achievers, and high achievers hate mediocre people.

I don’t care what you did yesterday. If you’re happy with that, you have bigger problems.

What greater gift than the love of a cat.

However much we stumble, it is a teacher's burden always to hope, that with learning, a boy's character might be changed. And, so, the destiny of a man.

And when you love someone, seeing them sad also makes you sad.

At the end of our lives, we step across the threshold or death and enter into a new and better world. I believe that. It's just that simple.

For me, it's all about moderation. I don't kick things out of my diet, like carbs. But I'm not going to eat fast food.

Part of me is drawn to the nature of sadness because I think life is sad, and sadness is not something that should be avoided or denied. It's a fact of life, like contradictions are.

If you'd lose a troublesome visitor, lend him money.

..Whoever dewlls on beauty tends to become beautiful; there will be a grace and charm to expressing itself through that person which no one can fail to recognize and appreciate.

The best relationships were the ones where both sides went out of their way to make sure the other wasn't disappointed.

Hard work is always hard work, for young gymnasts and old gymnasts. Whoever can handle this will be a champion.