Quotes

"Common sense is very uncommon."

"Many people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much energy manging their lives. I want to make my life, not just my job, the best it can be. The rest will work itself out."

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.

A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.

When I step onto the court, I don't have to think about anything. If I have a problem off the court, I find that after I play, my mind is clearer and I can come up with a better solution. It's like therapy. It relaxes me and allows me to solve proble... more

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision.

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor de... more

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, ... more

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.

These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it.  more

"A little integrity is better than any career."

"Very few of the great leaders ever get through their careers without failing, sometimes dramatically."

“Although they only give gold medals in the field of athletics, I encourage everyone to look into themselves and find their own personal dream, whatever that may be--sports, medicine, whatever. The same principles apply.”   more

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely...”   more

"To love what you do and feel that it matters how could anything be more fun?"

“Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requir... more

“A good manager is a man who isn't worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who work for him.”

“What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love, give it the best there is in you, seize your opportunities, and be a member of the team.”

“The difference between a job and a career is the difference between forty and sixty hours a week”  

“Communication--the human connection--is the key to personal and career success.”

“I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.&rd... more

“To find a career to which you are adapted by nature, and then to work hard at it, is about as near to a formula for success and happiness as the world provides. One of the fortunate aspects of this formula is that, granted the right career has... more

“You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading? What have they got me saying? Where do they have me going? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do ... more