“You can get defeated, just as long as you don’t fail.”

The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself.

I’ve about decided if it wasn’t for the sex, I could be gay. Hell, then you’re just hangin’ out with your buddies.

Coming off the last turn, my thoughts changed from ‘One more try…one more try…one more try…’ to ‘I can win! I can win! I can win!

I might inspire somebody, but that person has to be motivated within themselves first. Look inside yourself, believe in yourself, put in the hard work, and your dreams will unfold.

Your life is a gift from the Creator. Your gift back to the Creator is what you do with your life.

I was constantly told and challenged to live my life as a warrior. As a warrior, you assume responsibility for yourself. The warrior humbles himself. And the warrior learns the power of giving.

I’d rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say

I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I’m more afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter.

I didn’t go to Harvard or Princeton, but I can count – the defunding box canyon is a tactic that will fail and weaken our position.

In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly.

Yes I try to do everything I can not to fail hideously.

You want people to take risks, and OK, they fail, but you don’t get the great stuff unless people are willing to risk and not play it safe. And maybe the Icelandic characteristic is better harnessed in these places than on the stock market.

Live in such a way that unless God shows up what you’re attempting to do is bound to fail. This is the nature of the Gospel.

When all else fails…be a rockstar