Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.