“I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'”

“I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.”

“It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.”

“Practice yourself for heaven's sake in little things and thence proceed to greater.”

“When you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, the day will come when you can do the things you want to...”

“Any system was a straightjacket if you insisted on adhering to it so totally and humorlessly.”

“To bite off your shadow is neither easy nor painless. It demands a single-mindedness that is almost unknown in this day.”

“There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.”

“What is discipline? Discipline means creating an order within you. As you are, you are a chaos.”

“Habit is stronger than reason.”

“Be quick, but don't hurry.”

“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.”