We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.

'To Start Press Any Key'. Where's the ANY key?

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

Be quick, but don't hurry.

Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.

At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match.

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy

One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn't do.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.