The best players in any high-stakes field - business, entertainment, law, surgery, as well as sport - recognize that pressure occurs at the moments w….

If you really want to find out what you're capable of, you cannot put limits on yourself, and you definitely cannot be cautious..

Like squirrels, the best in every business do what they have learned to do without questioning their abilities - they flat out trust their skills, wh….

Elevated levels of confidence are omnipresent among history's greatest overachievers. Benjamin Franklin, one of the most famous men in the world even….

What turns ordinary people into overachievers is the way they use their minds when they are called on to perform..

High achievers dwell on what they do well and spend very little time evaluating themselves and their performances..

History shows us that the people who end up changing the world - the great political, social, scientific, technological, artistic, even sports revolu….

The top players in every field think differently when all the marbles are on the line. Great performers focus on what they are doing, and nothing els….

cross that person off your invitation list..

Overachievement is aimed at people who want to maximize their potential. And to do that, I insist you throw caution to the wind, ignore the pleas of ….

The idea of perfect closes your mind to new standards. When you drive hard toward one ideal, you miss opportunities and paths, not to mention hurting….

Superstars think like superstars long before the fans or the press anoint them..

Confidence is consistency of thinking about what is possible and how to make it possible..

Great performers require a measure of confidence that would strike many as absurd, unfounded, and downright irrational. They believe in themselves ut….

Arrogant S.O.B.s run the world. A performer can never have too much self-confidence. The best in every field are likely to strike most people as irra….

Great performers welcome pressure..

All the great performers I have worked with are fueled by a personal dream..

We tend to view confidence as a product of accomplishment rather than part of the process that leads there. But supremely confident people were confi….

Unlikely accomplishments are borne out of single-minded purposefulness. Future superstars don't get there by keeping part of their heart in reserve..

Bill Russell is one of the great names in basketball, an all-American... and the only athlete to ever win an NCAA Championship, an Olympic Gold Medal….

Great performers are, by definition, abnormal; they strive throughout their entire careers to separate themselves from the pack..