There is no talent here. There is hard work and obsession. You could be anyone if you put in the time.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.

Skills are built not born.

Practice makes comfort. Expand your experiences regularly so every stretch won't feel like your first.

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

Never underestimate the importance of small steps. small steps = big changes. 

Time is your friend, impulse is your enemy.

The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.

Dreams don't work unless you do.

You can hire a tutor but you can't hire someone to practice for you.

We learn more from failure than we do from success.

Success is the sum of small repeated efforts, day in and day out.

Failure to prepare = preparing to fail

There are no bad mistakes in maths, only discoveries.