The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.

There is no substitute for hard work.

-- Thomas Edison

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

-- Thomas Edison

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

-- Pelé

One only sees what one already knows and understands.

-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

When you are earnest, wisdom emerges. When you are half-hearted, complaints emerge. When you are careless, excuses emerge.

-- Takeda Shingen

Write it as 'failure,' read it as 'growth.'

-- Katsuya Nomura