Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
Pat RileyRead
You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again.
Interpretation
While we cannot control our losses, we can decide how we respond to them and work towards future success.
This quote by Pat Riley emphasizes the idea that setbacks are an inevitable part of life, and although they can happen without our consent, the way we recover from these difficulties lies within our power. It encourages individuals to adopt a proactive mindset, focusing on resilience and preparation for future opportunities to succeed.
In practice
In a keynote speech about overcoming challenges in business, I would reference this quote to inspire my audience.
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.
A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.
When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.
All of us have at least one great voice deep inside. People are products of their environment. A lucky few are born into situations in which positive messages abound. Others grow up hearing messages of fear and failure, which they must block out so the positive can be heard. But the positive and courageous voice will always emerge, somewhere, sometime, for all of us. Listen for it, and your breakthroughs will come.
A kingdom man is the kind of man that when his feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, "Oh crap, he's up!"
If you want a thing--truly want it, want it so badly that you need it as you need air to breathe, then unless you die, you will have it. Why not? It has you. There is no escape. What a cruel and terrible thing escape would be if escape were possible
Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
I'm an early riser. I get up between five and six, have coffee, and read for a couple of hours before everyone else gets up.
Another fresh new year is here . . . Another year to live! To banish worry, doubt, and fear, To love and laugh and give! This bright new year is given me To live each day with zest . . . To daily grow and try to be My highest and my best! I have the opportunity Once more to right some wrongs, To pray for peace, to plant a tree, And sing more joyful songs!
Failure is not the outcome - failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.
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