But as you watch your favorite athletes give their heart and soul to a pursuit they have sacrificed most of their life to excel in, I encourage you to think about where you have bought into beliefs that have kept you from excelling in yours?

FORBES: Faster-Higher-Stronger. Where do you fall short of Olympic spirit?

And so if we can create a system in which everybody is playing by a common set of rules, everybody knows what those rules are, then I think U.S. workers and U.S. businesses are going to excel.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama at the APEC Business Summit