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

Don't expect to be good at maths or understand things straight away. Be patient and persistent. The most powerful warriors are patience and time.

The temptation to quit will be the greatest when you are about to succeed

Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today. If today you have no time, it means tomorrow you'll be too tired and the next day you'll be something else.

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

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

Don’t compare yourself to others. Compare yourself to the person you were yesterday.

1.00³⁶⁵=1 and 1.01³⁶⁵=37.7. Doing nothing at all versus small steps at a time. 

A book a day keeps the stupidity away.

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

There is great wisdom in being able to realise that you don’t understand something before it goes too far.

Start, struggle, fail, fix and learn. Repeat.

Run in the morning before your body figures out what you're doing

It always seems impossible until it's done.

You can pick up a mistake and carry it as a burden,  or you can set it down as use it as a stepping stone to greatness.