Quotes About Success

Many ... have tremendous God-given gifts, but they don't focus on the development of those gifts. Who are these individuals? You've never heard of them- and you never will .

Why did I want to win? because I didn't want to lose!

So, I didn't say we are going to win a lot, but we are going to play like winners, and we've got a plan in place to teach our guys how to play like winners and play like a champion.

[My] career was sputtering until [I] did a 360 and got headed in the right direction.

Sport is how poor kids from poor countries pass through the eye of the needle to riches and recognition.

Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.

The records I always maintained were there to serve just one purpose - that was to be broken

Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.

Successful innovation is not a single breakthrough. It is not a sprint. It is not an event for the solo runner. Successful innovation is a team sport, it's a relay race.

Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle.

You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.

We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is - don't lose.

Very often we see coaches who have not been successful being recycled, instead of looking to a new face or a new name who has demonstrated the ability to handle the job.

Try, if you can, to belong to the first class. There's far less competition.

That's the only reason I'm here. I don't need to play the game for any other reason than to win a championship.

All goal setting must be immediately followed by both the development of a plan, and massive and consistent action toward its fulfillment.

I don't want to be famous famous. I'm happy on the second tier, where I have autonomy on a professional level but I can still go out to the movies without being recognized.

As the saying goes, Bruce Jenner is a millionaire, and Mark Spitz is a dentist. It's the wrong sport.

The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there.

Hard work is the only way to go. Strive to be the best you can be and remember that when you try your best, you can't ask any more from yourself, and people can't ask any more from you.

As blacks, all we got is sports and entertainment. That's the only way out the hood sometimes.

What I always say is, "Look good, feel good, play good."

And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.

I have spoken to a whole group of millionaires, head executives at Microsoft. Boy did I chew those guys out.