One big lesson: Always look forward. Once a game or a set is done, you focus on what's next.
I've succeeded at something that at times I've hated, and that's relevant to the person who goes down to the auto repair shop and puts in his time. We all have to do things we don't like.
I cannot outplay my opponent in a tournament... unless I outwork him in practice.
You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.
Just one (superstition). Whenever I hit a home run, I make certain I touch all four bases.
I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.
Never change a winning game; always change a losing one.
Practice makes permanent. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
Perhaps there is no better laboratory to observe the sin of pride than the world of sports. I have always loved participating in and attending sporting events. But I confess there are times when the lack of civility in sports is embarrassing. How is it that normally kind and compassionate human beings can be so intolerant and filled with hatred toward an opposing team and its fans? I have watched sports fans vilify and demonize their rivals. They look for any flaw and magnify it. They justify their hatred with broad generalizations and apply them to everyone associated with the other team. When ill fortune afflicts their rival, they rejoice.
...your best bet is best practices.
If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.
Success isn't something you chase. It's something you have to put forth the effort for constantly. Then maybe it'll come when you least expect it. Most people don't understand that.
Let me win, and if I can't win let me be brave in the attempt.
You don't win silver. You lose gold.
You've got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn't going to work.
...the eagerness to win at all costs is self-defeating, depriving us of the very recognition we crave...
We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.
I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
Failure is not getting knocked down. Failure is not getting back up.