Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
Epictetus
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Vince Lombardi
Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
Thomas Paine
An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.
Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Walter Bagehot
It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
Everyone wants to be great; nobody wants to carry the sack.
Norwegian proverbs