"I feared regret more than I feared failure"

"I view my life in a way … I'll explain it to you, OK? The greatest thing about tomorrow is, I will be better than I am today. And that's how I look at my life. I will be better as a golfer, I will be better as a person, I will be better as a father, I will be a better husband, I will be better as a friend. That's the beauty of tomorrow. There is no such thing as a setback. The lessons I learn today I will apply tomorrow, and I will be better."
—Tiger Woods

"All big things in this world are done by people who are naive and have an idea that is obviously impossible."

- Jason Calacanis (founder of Weblogs, Inc. (Engadget, etc), which he sold to AOL for ~$30 million).

“I’ve never been concerned with competitors, execution is everything in life.”

- Lynda Resnick, half of the husband and wife team who have grown POM Wonderful (pomegranate juice) from $12mil/yr in 2003 to $91mil/yr today and after buying Fuji Water for $150mil increased sales 67% last year. Jason Fried's summary.

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