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Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
— Michael JordanOn the Working LifeSome people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
— Michael JordanOn DisciplineI've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take…
— Michael JordanOn Starting OverUse your success, wealth and influence to put them in the best position to realise their own dreams and find their true…
— Kobe BryantOn Money, PlainlyI have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. But I also have the courage to push through.
— Kobe BryantOn Anxiety & Quiet DaysI don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.
— Kobe BryantOn ConfidenceOnce you know what failure feels like, determination chases success.
— Kobe BryantOn Starting OverRest at the end, not in the middle.
— Kobe BryantOn DisciplineThe most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.
— Kobe BryantOn PurposeI create my own path. It was straight and narrow. I looked at it this way: you were either in my way, or out of it.
— Kobe BryantOn DisciplineI'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a tea…
— Kobe BryantOn the Working LifeI can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language.
— Kobe BryantOn DisciplineEverything negative — pressure, challenges — is all an opportunity for me to rise.
— Kobe BryantOn ConfidenceKobe Bryant was not built in a day. I was built over a lifetime.
— Kobe BryantOn DisciplineAny fool can know. The point is to understand.
— Albert EinsteinOn Focus & DistractionIt is only to the individual that a soul is given.
— Albert EinsteinOn PurposeThe world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.
— Albert EinsteinOn PurposeI speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.
— Albert EinsteinOn PurposeEverything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
— Albert EinsteinOn Focus & DistractionIf you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
— Albert EinsteinOn Focus & DistractionThe woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find…
— Albert EinsteinOn ConfidenceThe important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence.
— Albert EinsteinOn Focus & DistractionThe world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.
— Albert EinsteinOn Starting OverI think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
— Albert EinsteinOn DisciplineNever memorize something that you can look up.
— Albert EinsteinOn Focus & DistractionTo the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
— Lao TzuOn Focus & DistractionIf you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
— Lao TzuOn Money, PlainlyI have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
— Lao TzuOn DisciplineThe wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
— Lao TzuOn Money, PlainlyKindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
— Lao TzuOn Confidence