Action is where sacrifice is honoured and where you require persistence and courage to endure all that life throws in your direction.

Loosing is part of winning. You will have to walk through the shadow of failure to get to he winning side.

If a man could outpace his shadow, he would still find it waiting for him at the finishing line.

You can curse the sun a thousand times, but cannot keep it from shining, even for a day.

You don't stop planting corn because weeds are going to grow beside it.

Pain helps the body grow.Riddles help the mind grow.Loss helps the heart grow.Temptations help the soul grow.

It is possible to draw a straight line with a crooked pencil.

Suffering is wisdom's school teacher.

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

The lives of great men and women are miracles of patience and perseverance.

At Norwich, I was injured, and then I went to Leicester, and I found myself on the bench. But I still used that to my advantage as an experience - I had to do that here at Spurs for a while, be on the bench and wait for my chance. It's definitely something that's helped me with my game.

I want every young man who sees me to know that I'm not that different from them. I wasn't born into wealth. I wasn't born into fame. I made a lot of mistakes - but I kept at it.