You don't know whether chimps are going to kill you or kiss you. They're very open on some levels and much more evil in a certain way.
In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.
It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.
But there's one thing about quitters you have to guard against - they are contagious. If one boy goes, the chances are he'll take somebody with him, and you don't want that. So when they would start acting that way, I used to pack them up and get them out, or embarrass them, or do something to turn them around.
Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.
You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
Motivating people- the ingredient that separates winners from losers.
It is always advisable to obtain a mantra from a self-realized master. Until then we may use one of the mantras of our beloved deity like 'Om Namah Shivaya', 'Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya', 'Om Namo Narayanaya', 'Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare', 'Om Shivashaktyaikya Rupinyai Namaha' or even the names of Christ, Allah or Buddha.
I've never been one for sitting on beaches.
I can imagine [the government] trying to tell Steven Spielberg 'We need 50 different cuts of your movie for each state. ' It will screw us up in a real way.
I'm not a lovable man.