Some people get certainty by working harder and saying I'm going to master something. Some people get certainty by lowering their expectations, going 'it will never work. And they lose their dreams, but they get their needs. The needs are not like goals. They're not like belief systems that are built into you.
If you want to cure boredom, be curious. If you're curious, nothing is a chore; it's automatic - you want to study. Cultivate curiosity, and life becomes an unending study of joy.
No one's life is a smooth sail; we all come into stormy weather. But it's this adversity - and more specifically our resilience - that makes us strong and successful.
For many people, food is a source of comfort, connection, and control.
I get a feeling about where a teammate is going to be. A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
What difference does the uniform make? You don't hit with it.
Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.
It's what you practice in private that you will be rewarded for in public.
The quality of one's life is directly related to the quality of questions one asks oneself.
You'll never catch me bragging about goals, but I'll talk all you want about my assists.
The more you understand what somebody wants, needs, and fears, the more you can figure out how to add value.
People have a need for certainty - and that need for certainty is in every human being, certainty that you can avoid pain, certainty that you can at least be comfortable. It's a survival instinct.
If you tell yourself a lie long enough, you'll start to believe it.
As soon as you truly commit to making something happen, the 'how' will reveal itself.
Commit to "CAN I!" - Constant And Never-Ending Improvement.
I used to be, like, "Sleep when I die."
It was hard to have a conversation with anyone, there were so many people talking.
Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa.
If I didn't make it in baseball, I won't have made it workin'. I didn't like to work.
If you're aware when it's going on, you can deal with it and change it. If you're not aware of it, you'll be mystified at the states that come and go seemingly without reason.
In order to be happy, human beings must feel they are continuing to grow. Clearly, we must adopt the concept of continuous improvement as a daily principle.
Who are you now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully. Then act upon it.
The game isn't over till it's over.
It doesn't matter what you achieve, if you don't keep growing you'll feel dead.
Success is processional. It's the result of a series of small disciplines that lead us into habitual patterns of success that no longer require consistent will or effort.
The quality of your life is in direct proportion to the quality of your relationships.
Realize that the hardest step in achieving anything is making a true commitment.
Unless you feed your mind, those suffering states will take over.
As a player, you have one responsibility, to focus yourself and be ready for the game. As a coach, your responsibility is to get 20 guys ready and have them all on the same page. If you can't get every guy ready every night, you're going to struggle.
What is an Extraordinary Life? A life of meaning, a magnificent life, a life of joy, happiness, love, passion, success, and fulfillment. Life experienced on your terms.
If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, but rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect, we will immediately feel overwhelmed.
Stop bullshitting yourself. You're not satisfied. You lowered your standards and are settling for a lot less.
If there's one pitch you keep swinging at and keep missing, stop swinging at it.
If you ever hear yourself or anyone you care about starting to express the belief that a problem is permanent, it’s time to immediately shake that person loose. No matter what happens in your life, you’ve got to be able to believe, 'This, too, shall pass,' and that if you keep persisting, you’ll find a way.
It doesn't matter what I think. It doesn't matter what other people think. You have to get on the ice and participate and play and the best team wins.
Life is the dance between what you desire most, and what you fear most
Lead a life of your own design, on your own terms-not one that others, or the environment havescripted for you.
I think the most important key to quality communication and interaction is developing an interest in the person you`re talking with. Most women know the secret to a quality conversation is to ask quality questions and have a sincere interest in hearing the answers. In fact, the best communicators very often say the least. It`s not the extrovert who dominates the conversation that a client feels most connected with, but rather the individual who shows a real and sincere interest in knowing about the life of the person they`re talking with.
The strongest force in the universe is a human being living consistently with his identity.
If you could help millions of people, you can certainly make millions of dollars. I try to influence everyone I know to be a giver because the person that benefits most by giving is the giver.
Trade your expectations for appreciation and the world changes instantly.
Labor is service and service is life. And when we serve something more than ourselves, we feel alive.
Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.
The average American thinks billionaire investors are going to be right based on some talking head. They invest and they have no backup plan. Americans think these guys are giant risk-takers. The truth is they believe in taking as little risk as humanly possible, for the maximum amount of upside. They're looking for that spread of disproportionate risk-reward.
Where focus goes, energy flows. And if you don't take the time to focus on what matters, then you're living a life of someone else's design.
It ain't like football. You can't make up no trick plays.
You can't raise a happy, more resilient kid if you're not a happy, more resilient adult.
There are no unresourceful people, only unresourceful states.
Somethings don't always work out the way you plan. The main thing is to keep trying, do better next time, and deal with disappointment if it comes.
Being a leader is living life on your terms not getting followers
It's fun; baseball's fun.
Don't be afraid of new ideas. Be afraid of old ideas. They keep you where you are and stop you from growing and moving forward. Concentrate on where you want to go, not on what you fear.
I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.
It's your unlimited power to care and to love that can make the biggest difference in the quality of your life.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
Whatever you consistently think about and focus upon you move toward.
I didn't know much about golf growing up.
I think the greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can't replace that experience with anything.
I don't like seeing myself on television. I don't like it.
I'd say he's done more than that.
