Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.

Owen Meredith

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

Michael Jordan, commercial.

Make no little enemies—people with whom you differ for some petty, insignificant personal reason. Instead, I would urge you to cultivate "mighty opposites"— people with whom you disagree on big issues, with whom you will fight to the end over fundamental convictions. And that fight, I can assure you, will be good for you and your opponent.

Thomas Watson, Jr., founder of IBM