Quotes About Introspection

If there is something a coach might wish to see changed in a player or team, the first place to check and see if it could not be done better is in yourself.

Most of the pressure comes from myself, not from others. I don't need a manager or a pundit to put pressure on me. I do all that myself before others do it.

Thinking ... is what gets you caught from behind.

I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.

That's the way I've been educated: I always think about what I missed and the things that you did, you did them, so you don't have to think about them any more.

Who you are as a person far outweighs what you do in an athletic arena.

No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.

No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

Rule your mind or it will rule you.

Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines.

Our strength is that we don't have any weaknesses. Our weakness is that we don't have any real strengths.

We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it.

Go forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don't have far to go, either.

Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.

Know your strengths, weaknesses, and needs.

To see a candle's light one must take it into a dark place.

Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found it was ourselves.

I am conscious of my own limitations. That consciousness is my only strength.

Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

You never know yourself until the chips are down. True strength is not measured when your at your strongest, but when you're at your weakest.

Instead of insight, maybe all a man gets is strength to wander for a while.

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself

It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.