The key to success is not purely who’s the smartest, who’s the best, but also who can say with conviction, “I deserve it.” The entire concept is wrapped up in one phrase: “Why not me?”

The failure-dichotomy principle: failure is good. Failure is not an option. Balance those in your brain.

I needed to be backed into a corner in order to get true motivation.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

“Why not me?” You can’t just say it, you’ve got to own it.

I’ve built my success on the idea that a win for me involves a win for everyone around me.

Part of your mission in life then must be to share your gifts with as many people as possible. That means being willing to play big.

You can be hard on people as long as you’re just as hard on yourself.

Legendary violinist Isaac Stern was once confronted by a middle-aged woman after a concert. She gushed, "Oh, Id' give my life to play like you!" "Lady," Stern said acidly, "that I did!"

If the person who runs a company has a belief system and everything he does stays fairly truly to that system, it will attract like-minded people who buy into it and then keeps selling itself in concentric circles.

The passion, the competitiveness, the swinging for the fences, it adds up.

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