You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
Start where you are, use what you have.
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
Life is like a tennis game. You can't win without serving.
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
The world over - 50 million children start playing tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals, when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD 'Why me?'. And today in pain I should not be asking GOD 'Why me?'
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life.
Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike.
The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, "Did I make the best use of the time I had?
Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.
You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
With what we give, we make a life.
Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
I wish more of us could understand that our increasing isolation, no matter how much it seems to express pride and self-affirmation, is not the answer to our problems. Rather, the answer is a revival of our ancient commitment to God, who rules over all the peoples of the world and exalts no one over any other, and to the moral and spiritual values which were once legendary in America. We must reach out our hand in friendship both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it's like to be stepped on, I know what it's like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.
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