Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.
A couple of hours of practice is worth ten sloppy rounds.
The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration then more practice and more concentration.
You can't win them all but you can try.
Winning has always meant much to me, but winning friends has meant the most.
Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived.
Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised.
Beethoven can't really be great because his picture isn't on a bubble gum card.
The way to find out about our place in the universe is by examining the universe and by examining ourselves - without preconceptions, with as unbiased a mind as we can muster.
I was never encouraged to do it and I played the accordion, which I hated. I wish I had taken piano because I definitely would have written more songs of my own, but I didn't.
We see these adolescents mourning for a lost childhood.