“Competitiveness must be focused exclusively on the process of what you are doing rather than the result of that effort (the so-called winning or losing).”
― Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
― Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
“Willpower isn’t just a skill. It’s a muscle, like the muscles in your arms or legs, and it gets tired as it works harder, so there’s less power left over for other things.”
― The Power Of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life And Business
― The Power Of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life And Business
“The goal in life is just the same as in basketball: make the effort to do the best you are capable of doing”
― Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
― Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
“The difficulty comes from our lack of confidence.”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
“The Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can't extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it.”
― The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
― The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
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