" Psychology is both the reason for the consistently superior performance of the methods the financial academics cannot explain , as well as the consistently poorer results of those approaches that fail .”
- David Dreman
" Traders , like athletes and artists , need to create a certain state of mind in which to successfully practice their craft . The best traders recognize the psychological paradoxes inherent in trading .”
- F . J . Chu ,
" Three simple rules in life . 1 . If you do not go after what you want , you ' ll never have it . 2 . If you do not ask , the answer will always be no . 3 . If you do not step forward , you will always be in the same place .”