“The fishing is best where the fewest go. There is just less competition for bigger goals.”

Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.

To enjoy life, you don’t need fancy nonsense, but you do need to control your time and realize that most things just aren’t as serious as you make them out to be.

Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time.

This is not my phrase, but if you’re stuck in the past, then you’re depressed. If you’re stuck in the future, then you’re anxious.

If someone’s criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don’t want to hear it. It doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.

Luxury is feeling unrushed. It is designing a life that allows you to do what you want with high leverage, with many options, all while feeling unrushed.

Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference.

That’s precisely the question everyone should be asking-why the hell not? – Why not you, why not now.

The question you should be asking isn’t, “What do I want?” or “What are my goals?” but “What would excite me?

The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.

I’ll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.

A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.

The best way to improve mental performance, is to improve physical performance

Sometimes you need to go on a low-information diet.

The way that you become world-class is… by asking good questions.

Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.

I won’t accept anything less than the best a player’s capable of doing… and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!

I want what’s best for our country. I’m not sure I can figure that out.

The audience has always been my best director.

This was due to the fact that they encouraged you always to make sure that God is the focus of your life, and they didn’t allow you to do anything except to the very best of your ability.

It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.

I just believe that my heart is the best in the sport. And I believe that’s what carried me through my whole career. Not my talent or my power or anything like that. I just believe my heart.

You don’t want to be the best at what you do, you want to be the only one.

I’ve always been taught to try and look my best and that’s probably my main influence, I’m not looking to influence fashion anymore than the next guy, but I do try and look my best when I’m out and representing my movies.