You can perhaps, in a number of circumstances, tell yourself that you can't have more than you have until you do better than you're doing, but by all means steer clear of its reverse, the creed of defeat, in saying that you can't do better than you're doing until you can have more than you have.

If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.

Stretched and skewedTap of the 8-ball and the cueScratches fall throughThey are the scars of you

With a hint of good judgment, to fear nothing, not failure or suffering or even death, indicates that you value life the most. You live to the extreme; you push limits; you spend your time building legacies. Those do not die.

When everyone believes they are the life coaches, who are the players?

On athleticism, God knows no favor. It seems rather he is in the business of teaching winners how to lose and losers how to win.

Competition works best in sports, but humans get addicted to stuff.

The hardest and hardiest, heartiest defense comes squarely from where it can empathize with the artiest and sharpest, smartest offense.