Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst.

Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind's eye the result they want, and the actions leading to it.

Workaholics are addicted to activity; super achievers are committed to results.

On course doesn't mean perfect. On course means that even when things don't go perfectly - you are still going in the right direction.

The one element that stands out most clearly among our peak performers is their virtually unassailable belief in the likelihood of their own success.

I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen.

Mission starts with determining what you really care about and want to accomplish and committing yourself to it. You can always develop expertise. First, discover your preference.

It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big

People who have committed to a service/advocacy role will tell you that some of the sublimest pleasure they have ever experienced comes in the context of that work. You get way more than you give.

I'm not overweight, I'm undertall

All athletic accomplishments begin with volition; that is, the desire and willpower necessary to succeed. Volition affects more than thoughts and feelings - it affects physical performance.

It's wonderful to travel with somebody that you love and we never travel anywhere without one another.

When the Chinese told Google that they had to block sites or they couldn't do [business] in their country, they managed to figure out how to block sites.

Rock stars, is there anything they don't know?

There will be beautiful times and tough times, as such is life, but if your heart is in it, then it is worth it all the way.

You can’t be a great leader if all you are serving is yourself.

I coach a few guys and they work very, very hard, but in our day we did it because we just loved it.

I must refuse to believe that the Germans contemplate with equanimity the evacuation of cities like London for fear of destruction to be wrought by man's inhuman ingenuity.

President [Barack] Obama and Hillary Clinton are proposing bringing tens of thousands of Syrian refugees to this country when the head of the FBI has told Congress they cannot vet those refugees.

The direction we're heading is more important than individual results.

God's primary concerns have to do with your well-being, not your performance.