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

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.

It is no use saying 'we are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

Kill my boss? Do I dare live out the American dream?

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

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.

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic

I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.

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.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy

A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

Real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

Great companies are built on great products.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.