“You are only an extra in everyone else's play.”
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
“If you trust me on anything, don't risk today. You're ready as you'll ever be," I say. "Everyone else is robbed the extra day, too.”
“You can't change the rules and think everyone else is just going to keep playing.”
“I'm playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers, that's why I always lose”
“It's no use going the extra mile if people don't expect it. You will never get extra credit for it. Just invest it on something else.”