“A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.”

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.

Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.

All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

Kindness will always attract kindness.

The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.

The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.

What greater wound is there than a false friend?

All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.

Opportunity has power over all things.

Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.

God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.

The illusion of luck disappears when we start seeing things as they actually are.

You could try to live monogamously. Good luck.

Luckiest people are not those who got everything, but those who make good from whatever is available to them.

My main goal is to stay healthy because when you’re injured you realise how lucky you are to have your health.

I was lucky to get good coaches and infrastructure that I needed. To become a champion, it is not just a few months’ practice: it takes years to make a champion.

When you come off the court and you feel like you were losing the whole match, and all of a sudden you pulled it out, you know, it’s those moments that you feel you’ve trained for and you work hard for. Just lucky to get through.

Sometimes you don’t play up to the mark, and you win even then.

I have had lots of luck in my career but there has also been a lot of hard work.