Quotes
These quotes all had a prefound impact on my way of thinking. Below, I share my story with each of these quotes. I hope some of these stick with you.
“Create for yourself” - Rick Rubin[^1]
“It’s just math, show up every single day” - Kobe[^2]
“From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life” - Arthur Ashe[^3]
“Those who are numb to fear are first to die” - Makoto Yukimura (Vinland Saga)[^4]
“If the difference is the racket, then it ain’t you” - Solia Valentine[^5]
“Ever tried, ever failed, no matter, try again, fail again, fail better” - Stan Wawrinka[^6]
“Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say” - Shakespeare[^7]
“Enduring means accepting. Accepting things as they are and not as you wish them to be” - Nadal[^8]
“Failure isn’t falling, it’s staying down” - Miss Andrew[^9]
“Be like water, my friend” - Bruce Lee[^10]
“If he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who never knew neither victory nor defeat” - Theodore Roosevelt[^11]
“Stand and fight!” - Yasuhisa Hara[^12]
“Adversity does not build character, it reveals it” - James Lane Allen[^13]
“Pressure is a privelage” - Peyton Manning[^14]
“Everybody’s gotta live,
Before you know the reason why” - Arthur Lee[^15]
“To become over-familiar with one weapon is as much a fault as not knowing it sufficiently well” - Miyamoto Musashi[^16]
“You should not copy others, but use weapons which you can handle properly” - Miyamoto Musashi[^17]
“You are not special because of who you are but what you do” - Toni Nadal[^18]
“The distance of a desperately moving snail is easily dwarfed of a running dog” - Takehiko Inou (REAL)[^19]
“The Three C’s: Cabeza, Corazón, Cojones” - Carlos Alcaraz[^20]