A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me.
Bill Gates wants people to think he's Edison, when he's really Rockefeller. Referring to Gates as the smartest man in America isn't right... wealth isn't the same thing as intelligence.
When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.
To model yourself after Steve Jobs is like, 'I'd like to paint like Picasso, what should I do? Should I use more red?'
When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
The only way you're going to get through life, happily, is being yourself.
Being first is more important to me [than earning money]. I have so much money. Whatever money is, it's just a method of keeping score now. I mean, I certainly don't need more money.
The most important aspect of my personality as far as determining my success goes; has been my questioning conventional wisdom, doubting experts and questioning authority. While that can be painful in your relationships with your parents and teachers, it's enormously useful in life.
You have to act and act now.
The only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom.
If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach.
I have had all the disadvantages required for success.
I hate to lose more than I like to win.
I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win.
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