To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.

We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.

Adopt the motto: It doesn't matter who's right, but what's right.

You will act like the sort of person you conceive yourself to be.

A human being always acts and feels and performs in accordance with what he imagines to be true about himself and his environment.

Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent.

If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.

We, whoever we are, must have a daily goal in our lives, no matter how small or great, to make that day mean something.

Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.

Self-esteem is as necessary to the spirit as food is to the body.

Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible.

We simply must get it through our heads that holding a low opinion of ourselves is not a virtue, but a vice.

The most delightful surprise in life is to suddenly recognise your own worth.

I talked about my family, my family's so important.

Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn't telling anyone?

And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too.

Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry.

All really successful coaches have a system.

I can't tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.