I've never had a moment when I thought: "Tom, you've made it!", and I don't think I want to, because that feels like you've reached the end; that you've crossed the finish line. But to me there is no end. An achievement is not a finish line; it's a checkpoint on a far greater journey. It's a moment to pause, to take a breath and look back and enjoy what you've experienced and be grateful for it, but then to turn around and look towards the next checkpoint, the next achievement.

You can have it all, just not all at the same time.

Don't expect others to hand success to you. Create it - with heart, energy and enterprise - and you'll make it come true

The longer you remain distant, the deeper, wider, and darker the chasm becomes making it all the more difficult to bridge.

I don't see you making it to the top; nobody's going to help you get there. You have to do it all on your own. But if you want it so bad, prove me wrong.