A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn't have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible.
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This and not much else is the essence of leadership.
I was an OK boxer I wasn't great I was OK but I loved the discipline of getting together every Monday Wednesday and Friday usually Saturday afternoons too with a whole bunch of mates and training very very hard for about two-and-half hours.
Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.
I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat obedient loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words which would be great around a campfire but are lousy in politics.
Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.
Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
In other words don't expect to always be great. Disappointments failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say 'we have a problem let's go and get it'.
Working hard is great being lazy sometimes is great but failed potential is the worst.
Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights and our comfort when we occasionally falter.
Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.
Some are born great some achieve greatness and some hire public relations officers.
Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.
From a worldly point of view there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune for they are impediments to great enterprises either of virtue or mischief.