Thomas A. Edison

Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.

Anonymous

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% what you do with what happens to you.

Anonymous

There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going.

Levi Leipheimer

There is no way of getting up it pretty. You just gotta give it everything you've got, suffer, put on your ugly face, and go for it.

(Pre-stage 12 interview in 2010 Tour de France talking about a 3km 10% hill at the end of the stage)

B. C. Forbes

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton

With ordinary talents and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.

Thomas Edison

Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.