Hard work - a two way street where you get exactly what you put in.

You're not in competition with anyone but yourself. Outdo your past, not other people.

Nothing is impossible if you want it badly enough. Impossible = I'm possible.

Skills are built not born.

Shoot for the moon and even if you miss you’ll land among the stars/

It always seems impossible until it's done.

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.

Fall down seven times, stand up eight.

Work on your weaknesses until they are your strengths and work on your strengths until they are second nature.

The boxer is not afraid of being knocked down, he is afraid of not being able to get up again.

We are all maths people : step 1 - do maths and step 2 - be a person. 

Pure mathematics is in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

Don't expect to be good at maths or understand things straight away. Be patient and persistent. Rome wasn't built in a day, but they worked on it every single day. 

Never let a dark chapter make you forget that better days are ahead of you. Your story is far from over.

Good mathematics is not about how many answers you know... It is about how you behave when you don't know.