Larry Hagman Quotes

The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.

I'm trying as hard as I possibly can each and every day to get my life better and better and stronger. And if I win championships along the way, so be it.

I do love the feeling of a big win. But you don't have to have a World Series ring to be a winner. A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished. Being able to get the most from their ability. That's what characterizes a winner.

The sweetest pleasure arises from difficulties overcome.

Winning does not always mean coming in first...real victory is in arriving at the finish line with no regrets because you know you've gone all out.

When the record book on you is finished, let it show your wins and losses. But don't let it show you didn't try.

The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as fighting well.

I just look back on my season [2004] as a year where I've had to prove myself. I've had to fight all the way through to the end.

I've learned a lot from the experiences that I went through in high school, through college and overseas, and just everything in life. That is what prepared me for coming into the NBA, being undersized, no recognition, not getting anything easy, and I have been fortunate to prosper in this league.

All of us gave it all we've got, overcame a whole lot just being on the show and learned a lot about ourselves. We're just normal people trying to do what we love and follow our dreams.

I'm not a fighter, but in my mind I'm fighting every day. 'What's new? What am I doing?' I'm fighting myself. My soul is samurai. My roots aren't samurai, but my soul is.

Winners do what losers don't want to do.

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.

Being selected Most Improved was a special individual award because when I speak to young people I always try to tell them the importance about it's not where you start but where you end up.

No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.

I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book.

That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.

I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life.

I have to work hard. I'm not naturally great at anything. I have to work really, really hard.

I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organization which promotes this principle.

I think if I'd quit years ago, I'd never have known what I was capable of doing.

Every time I have stepped up a level, I wasn't expecting it to happen, but once it did, I just made sure I worked as hard as I possibly could to stay there.

I've come a very long way, especially from my young career. From not always being the best guy on the team to just increasing my work ethic every single year, every single summer. Just seeing the hard work pay off, I think that's what's most gratifying for me.

Sometimes they are big hurdles, but good players can overcome them. I am trying to do my best.