As long as we fail to face up to the past and deal with it accordingly, the future will smack of corruption.
The only important statistic is the final score.
I've been fortunate to meet and work with a lot of really smart people. The thing that strikes me most about them is how they continue to explore and learn every day. I have tried to apply that approach in my modest career as well.
We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to reach inside and touch us. Just touch us—anything more than that would be too much for us to bear.
Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.
Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.
My father once told me that anyone who worked for three dollars an hour owed it to himself to put in four dollars' worth of work.
Being poor is like being a child. Being rich is like being an adult: you get to do whatever you want. Everyone is nice when they have to be; rich people are nice when they feel like it.
You could have a season where you hit. 330 and did all these great things, but nothing ever materialized from it and you went home October One. Or you could hit. 260 and have key hits and key plays on defense that help your team get to the playoffs and win the World Series.
Accept what comes to you totally & completely so that you can appreciate it, learn from it & then let it go.
If you can get sexual attention and then (or therefore) succeed as a writer - or fill in career blank - that means you're a writer worthy of literary respect?