“Every man's foremost task is the actualization of his unique, unprecedented and never-recurring potentialities, and not the repetition of something that another, and be it even the greatest, has already achieved.”

I love playing under pressure. In fact, if there's no pressure, then I'm not in the perfect zone.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.