"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."

- Maya Angelou

"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

- David Brinkley

"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."

- Pete Cashmore

"I will not lose, for even in defeat, there’s a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me."

- Jay-Z