So it's 1976 and we're still riding on our past success. I mean I've gone on like that for I don't know how long.
The greatest enemy of progress is your last success, you could become so proud of what you've already accomplished that you stop moving ahead to what you can still accomplish
I have been accused of being a very simplistic, very lyrical player, and that's okay. That just comes from the blues, which is my background. But every day you wake up and transcend. You can't ever rest on your laurels.
The greatest detriment to tomorrow's success, is today's success.
You can't sit back, rest on laurels and think about the past - what the journey has been.
Nothing fails like success. Because when you are at the top, it's so easy to stop doing the very things that brought you to the top.
One of the biggest threats to success is success itself. When you get a little bit ahead, it's all too easy to become complacent and to quickly lose what you have gained.
That's the most terrible mistake you can make: to relax. It's difficult to become a champion, but it's more difficult to maintain it for many years because you're getting too comfortable.
I just want to leave you with this thought, that it's just been sort of a dress rehearsal, and we're just getting started. So if any of you start resting on your laurels, I mean just forget it, because...we are just getting started.
If you built a successful company the first time, it's really important not to fall into the trap of resting on your laurels and doing the same thing the next time. It's stepping into the unknown that enables you to create something fresh, new, and innovative.
Never get comfortable.
With success comes complacency if you let it happen. It is human nature; there is that urge to think about how well you have done.
When you have a little success you let up a little bit.
No player can rest on his laurels.
