#Career

"We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change."

"The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs."

"When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal."

"Putting your time in at the office; dutifully spawning your two point five; smiling politely at your retirement party; then chewing on your bedsheet and choking on your canned peaches at the nursing home. It was better never to have been born-never to have wanted anything, never to have hoped for anything."

"Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane."

"It is not as much about who you used to be, as it is about who you choose to be."

"If doctors are paid the same salary as bus drivers, community would not be crazy about making their children doctors"

"The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits."

"Yeah, I miss it. You don't just break off a friendship you've had with a sport, and with all those you've met all over the country. We've got some friends, some very close friends, and you just sit back and think how fortunate you were having a career like that. And, actually, there's nothing in the game of baseball that hasn't happened to me."

"The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love."

"Animals have never betrayed me. They are an easy prey, as I have been throughout my career. So we feel the same. I love them."

"Done is better than perfect."

"With success came an ever-growing burden of responsibility. I lived with a near-constant low-level anxiety that I would make a mistake that would not only threaten my career, but also my brothers' - not to mention the livelihoods of many people who work with us or for us."

"You just have to keep trying to do good work, and hope that it leads to more good work. I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything. Yes, I want to look back and know that I was terrible at a variety of things."

"If I never got to make a living doing what I loved, I'd still do it--for fun and for free."

"If I believe that I became the best quarterback that I could possibly be, the best football player that I could possibly be... That's how I'm going to measure my career as a success or not."

"Every time you step on the football field in between those lines you're putting your life, your career, every single ligament in your body in jeopardy."

"God gave me a second chance. I am so very glad with what is going on with my career, but I want to be a success in my relationship with my children."

"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."

"Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day."