"Some nights it's not going to happen for me. I don't think about that. I understand that. That's why it keeps me from getting frustrated. If the shots go in, they go in. If not, they don't." Allen Iverson, NBA MVP
"Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." -General Patton "I love the smell of napalm in the morning..." -Lieut. Col. Kilgore
"no one can predict to what height you can soar, until you have spread your wings." Thomas Banyacya, Hopi-Elder
''KEEPING about 40% in cash acts as a performance stabilizer''............................''I like Jim Cramer''[Cramer-Berkowitz] Page 217,218 ,quote concerning Marlin hedge fund,Michael Masters,top trader.[Jack Schwager book]
"It resists definition yet can be instantly recognized. It comes in many varities, yet follows unchanging laws. It brings rich rewards, yet is not really a goal or a destination but rather a process, a journey. We call this journey mastery, and tend to assume that it requires a special ticket available only to those born with exceptional abilities. But mastery isn't reserved for the supertalented or even for those who are fortunate enough to have gotten an early start. It's available to anyone who is willing to get on the path and stay on it -- regardless of age, sex, or previous experience" -- George Leonard -- Mastery
"Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first, it is ridiculed, in the second it is opposed, in the third it is regarded as self-evident" -- Arthur Schopenhauer
''To supplement his salary[started small-$500]to buy stocks that he understood'' Andrew Carnegie,from the free ad booklet,Achieve the impossible
' Being poor ,Andrew Carnegie had to give up any hope of [formal] schooling;He studied bookeeping at night''Page 7,chapter titled America's Most Famous Rags to Riches Story
"... Market truth is existential not intellectual; its realization and practice are visceral, not cerbral." -- Robert Koppel -- Intuitive Trader
"Begin at the beginning,' the king said gravely, 'and go till you come to the end; then stop" -- Lewis Carroll, Alices Adventures in Wonderland