“Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run.”

It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men. Men respond to leadership in a most remarkable way and once you have won his heart, he will follow you anywhere.

Football isn’t a contact sport; it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.

One must not hesitate to innovate and change with the times. The leader who stands still is not progressing, and he will not remain a leader for long.

They do not truly love who do not show their love.

I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Some need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.

The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.

One’s desire, not ability, determines success.

Character is the direct result of mental attitude.

Second place is meaningless. You can’t always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been – that you were never beaten – that time just ran out on you.

When you are through trying to improve, you are through.

Mental toughness is essential to success.

If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?

If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.

Keep healing, keep growing and keep loving yourself.

Can you treat yourself with softness when things are hard?

Stay open: to healing, to growth, to trusting. There is too much ahead to close yourself off.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.

My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain.

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

Never be ashamed of expressing how you feel; being ashamed of emotional pain is as outlandish as being ashamed of shoulder pain. Your emotions are your truth; they are internal experiences that belong to you and no one has the right to criticize them.