Don’t let them drag you down by rumors, just go with what you believe in.

If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit!

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Like everyone else I am what I am: an individual, unique and different, with a lineal history of ancestral promptings and urgings; a history of dreams, desires, and of special experiences, all of which I am the sum total.

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

I'm very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful.

Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

Few things can make us feel crazier than expecting something from someone who has nothing to give.