#allegorical

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

"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."

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

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

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

"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?"

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

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

"The sprint is like life ... blink and you miss it."

"Mix with positive-minded people as a means to tap into your unexploited potential."

"If you decide not to take action, you are going to fail, and even if you do take action, if you can’t keep up your motivation, you will simply end up back where you started."

"These are the people who will encourage you to go after your dreams and will inspire you to succeed. Stick to them like a barnacle to a rock."

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

"The people and successes in your life mirror your beliefs."

"If obstacles are large, jump higher."

"Compete like you cannot fail."

"It is true to say that the secret of a winning formula is the ability to accept that there is a vast area of unexploited potential beyond what you currently perceive to be your maximum."

"Remember, if you don’t do anything – if you don’t change the way your mind works and direct your subconscious mind to create the life you want – then everything stays the same, nothing changes."

"Invest your energy in the things you can control."

"You have to create your self-belief by going to your core to find the probable reasons for the negativity in you, and then demolish them."