
Variant: Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.
Interview on Charlie Rose https://archive.org/details/WHUT_20100614_130000_Charlie_Rose (2000)
Variant: Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.
“It is better to learn from the mistakes of others than that others should learn from you.”
Te de aliis, quam alios de te suaviu’st.
Persa, Act IV, scene 3, line 70
Variant translation: ’Tis sweeter far wisdom to gain from other’s woes, than others should learn from ours. (translation by Bonnell Thornton)
Persa (The Persian)
“You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/05/business/worldbusiness/05iht-wbspot06.4109874.html, Spotlight: Jack Ma, co-founder of Alibaba.com - Business - International Herald Tribune, by SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOPJAN. 5, 2007 (The New York Times)
“To my mind losing is always better than never trying, because you can never tell what may happen.”
Source: Straight From The Heart (1985), Chapter Nine, Main Street...Bay Street, p. 195
“You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.”
Source: Keeping the Moon
As quoted in an interview with Marc Blau (2004) http://www.celebratestadium.com/blogz/2006/04/stadium-olympics-hollywood.html
Context: I guess the one thing I really learned from participating in sports was to just never say "no", never stop trying, and to always believe that you can do better than the next fellow. I tried to follow this throughout my life, but I always tried to be respectful about it.
Eric Stanley on CBS News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksYrWGivy5A
2011