“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.”

“Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”

“It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.”

“When all is said and done, more is said than done.”

“You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.”

“You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.”

“Some people think football [soccer] is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.”

“Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.”

“The problem with winter sports is that -- follow me closely here -- they generally take place in winter.”

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

“But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you any more you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself.”

“The road to success is always under construction”

“Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What's a sundial in the shade?”

“The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it. ”

“Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer.”