“Live as if you were living already for the second time.”

Offensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent’s strength.

I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.

The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.

If you really want something , you can have it if you’re willing to pay the price. And the price means you have to work better and harder than the next guy.

If you can’t get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you’re in the wrong business.

Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.

Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender.

One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be the dominating thought in one’s mind.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever – the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.

Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price.

Most important of all, to be successful in life demands that a man make a personal commitment to excellence and to victory, even though the ultimate victory can never be completely won.

If you get into the endzone, act as if you’ve been there before.

We don’t pray to win. We pray to play the best we can, and to keep us free from injury. And the prayer we say after the game is one of thanksgiving.

Success demands singleness of purpose.

The darkest moments of our lives are not to be buried and forgotten, rather they are a memory to be called upon for inspiration to remind us of the unrelenting human spirit and our capacity to overcome the intolerable.

I always know the ending; that’s where I start.

Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

The stories that you tell yourself can make or break you – no matter who you are.

Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

When you are finished changing, you’re finished.

Worry is a waste of imagination.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.