What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference - the precious present moment.
Interpretation
Focus on the present moment, as it is the only time truly in your control.
This quote emphasizes the importance of living in the present. It suggests that while the past is unchangeable and the future is unknown, our actions in the present moment have the power to shape our lives and the lives of others. Therefore, we should cherish and make the most of each moment we have now.
In practice
In a motivational speech about the importance of living in the now.
I don't want people to think I'm not happy when we win - I am. But there's a difference between being happy for the feeling of accomplishing something and being overjoyed and feeling, 'This is it - we conquered the world.' We didn't. We just won a game.
I don't believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
People talk about you won four national championships. Well, I feel like we've had good enough teams to win eight. So I feel like we failed four times. I feel like I failed four times.
When I talk about a successful program, define that. It's not just winning the national championship every year because nobody can do that.
I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
I think when you win the national championship, it works throughout your team. Where human nature is to say, I did well. I got my quota this month. Now do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus? Do I get to go on a cruise? But it's not to keep trying to be the best. That's not necessarily human nature.
There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
No man can tell if he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
You have no need to travel anywhere - journey within yourself. Enter a mine of rubies and bathe in the splendor of your own light.
The thing that you think is imperfect about you is the thing that makes you who you are. It separates you from everybody else. I have a scar on my lip, and for years I hated it. But now its become my thing. It's like, without it, I'm not me. You can't be perfect, so enjoy your imperfections. I can't stress that enough.
Most fools think they are only ignorant.
A mistake is only an error, it becomes a mistake when you fail to correct it
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