The first is being not afraid. Being afraid means to not go into the offensive and to not go into the offensive means to lose. The same is also that you shall NEVER give up. The ones who give up are the real ones who lost. You can buy english audio CDs for learning, listen to them and say the same things what you hear from them. Also there are good computer programs for learning languages exist which also include headsets and you can speak and the program then can analyze if your speaking was right or if you have to speak it again.