#allegorical

"The first step is the most important. It is the most crucial and the most effective as it will initiate the direction you have chosen."

"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."

"Do you want to know what one of the secrets to achieving all of your goals is? You’ve got to be committed."

"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?"

"Compete like you cannot fail."

"If not now, when?"

"Success is virulent. Once you get the bug then it’s in you."

"Every time a champion makes a decision they have a chance to learn something new, regardless of the outcome."

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

"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."

"If not you, who?"

"Nothing could be any worse than having to turn to your friends, your colleagues and your loved ones and say –‘I gave up too soon’."

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

"A mind filled with negative thoughts makes you feel miserable and inadequate and will lead to failure after failure no matter how hard you try to succeed."

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

"Trust in your own beliefs or succumb to the influence of others’."

"If obstacles are large, jump higher."

"Like everything in life, it is not what happens to you but how you respond to it that counts."

"Tell me your thinking, and I’ll tell you what your life looks like."

"Success is a decision, not a gift."