Steve Backley, The Champion in all of Us: 12 Rules for Success

"Explore. Train your conscious mind and your subconscious mind to start working for you by getting those great powers to move in a new direction. Start creating your own good luck today."

"You can start to change your luck today. Begin believing that you can have what you desire and superior things will arrive."

"To deliver your own personal maximum, you’ll realise there are no shortcuts; if you want to be a champion it is all about rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in."

"It is never about who is right or wrong, it is about what is best."

"There are three types of people in this world. Firstly, there are people who make things happen. Then there are people who watch things happen. Lastly, there are people who ask, what happened? Which do you want to be?"

"Although you can’t go back in time and alter your natural level of potential, you can determine how much of that ability you tap into, exploit and develop for the future."

"If you have positive energy you will always attract positive outcomes."

"The thrust of continuous action is the firewood which fuels motivation."

"The challenge for you is to decide not what is important, but what is most important and then focus your attention on that."

"They don’t give Olympic medals out for talking a good game."

"Look for solutions, instead of being difficult; be more thoughtful, instead of allowing anger to burn you out. Look at things from a different perspective, embrace change, look out for opportunities and you will feel much more in control."

"When you think a positive thought, you become positive."

"Act like a champion, and then become one."

"It is one thing to know what should be done, it is another to do it."

"Compete like you cannot fail."

"Just identify the very first physical action you need to take, and do it."

"Success is simply never giving in to failure - either in mind or body."

"Your current apathy is simply your soul telling you that it is confused."

"For many, lack of achievement is more a consequence of fear of taking a chance and getting uncomfortable."

"If you want to continue to be the best in the world, then you have to train and compete like you are second best in the world."