Life's Rewards are Directly Proportional to the Efforts We Make

"There are a lot of people in this world who believe there's a huge gap between what they would like to do and what they are able to do," says Peyton Manning, the 2008 National Football League Most Valuable Player. "And I just don't understand that, because if you don't stretch, you cannot grow. And if you don't grow then others are going to pass you by."

"You have to decide: do you want to make things happen, or do you want to watch things happen. And I've found that people who watch things happen are usually left wondering what happened."

"Success changes as surely as the seasons do. It's a journey and the goals that we reach correspond directly to the distances that we're willing to go. In my opinion, our rewards are directly proportional to the efforts that we make. It's about not quitting at quitting time. The way I see it, the greatest risk isn't in taking the wrong action. It's in letting our fears prevent us from acting at all."