Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Wherever you are - be all there.
It's always too early to quit.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Never complain and never explain.
But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father.
And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me.