I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

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Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

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Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

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I work really hard at trying to see the big picture and not getting stuck in ego. I believe we're all put on this planet for a purpose, and we all have a different purpose... When you connect with that love and that compassion, that's when everything unfolds.

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Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. - Thomas A. Edison

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Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

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Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

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Go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.

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The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas. — Albert Einstein

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To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

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