I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
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.
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
You're never a loser until you quit trying.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?
You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.
If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.
It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose.
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
Doctors and scientists said breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead
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