QUOTES OF THE DAY

QUOTES OF THE DAY

A Year's Worth of Inspirational Quotes

12-31
"The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline." Bum Phillips, NFL Head Coach
12-30
"Practice does not make you perfect, as nobody is perfect. But it will make you better. If you thought you were perfect you would no longer practice"
Adrian Parrish - soccer coach
12-29
"Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play. It is simple as that." Mike Singletary, NFL Linebacker
12-28
"The key to any game is to use your strengths and hide your weaknesses." Paul Westphal, NBA guard
12-27
"One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation." Arthur Ashe, Wimbledon Champ
12-26
"Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds." Larry Bird, NBA Basketball player
12-25
"You just can't beat the person who never gives up." Babe Ruth, Legendary Baseball Player
12-24
"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts." John Wooden, NCAA coach
12-23
"I've always believed that anybody with a little ability, a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it." Willie Shoemaker, Jockey
12-22
"Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts." Roger Staubach, NFL Quarterback
12-21
Its how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success. David Feherty - PGA golfer
12-20
When you're a winner, you come back no matter what happened the day before. Billy Martin, MLB manager
12-19
For every pass I ever caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice. Don Hutson - University of Alabama and NFL end
12-18
The competition in the job market today calls for being as well prepared as possible. You must prepare for your future, and that key is education. - Paul "Bear" Bryant - University of Alabama football coach
12-17
When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don't repeat it. - Paul "Bear" Bryant - University of Alabama football coach
12-16
The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own. Bill Bradley - ex NBA player now running for President
12-15
I was not a winner when I first came out on the tour. I had to develop a trust in myself that I had the ability to win. Tom Watson - PGA golfer
12-14
You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too. Roy Campanella
12-13
Publicity is like poison. It doesn't hurt unless you swallow it. Joe Paterno - Penn State football coach
12-12
Practice without improvement is meaningless. Chuck Knox - NFL coach
12-11
The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not on theirs. Tommy Lasorda - MLB manager
12-10
Experience is the name we give our mistakes. Fred Shero - NFL coach
12-9
If you burn your neighbor's house, it doesn't make your home look any better. Lou Holtz - football coach
12-8
Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing. Warren Spahn - Major league baseball pitcher
12-7
Sports do not build character. They reveal it. Heywood Hale Broun - sports writer
12-6
The secret of winning football games is working more as a team, less as individuals. I play not my 11 best, but my best 11. Knute Rockne - football coach
12-5
I always felt that I hadn't achieved what I wanted to achieve. I always felt I could get better. That's the whole incentive. Virginia Wade - tennis player
12-4
I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it. Mike Ditka - NFL Linebacker
12-3
I'm not mean at all. I just try to protect myself. You'll see I don't ever pick on anybody who has a number above 30. Mike Ditka - NFL Linebacker
12-2
Good pitching will always stop good hitting, and vice versa. Casey Stengel - MLB manager
12-1
You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat. Roger Kahn - writer
11-30
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it. Lou Holtz - football coach
11-29
Girls excel at basketball, golf and tennis, and there is no logical reason they shouldn't play baseball. Hank Aaron - MLB's all-time home run leader
11-28
If it weren't for the dark days, we wouldn't know what it is to walk in the light. Earl Campbell - NFL running back
11-27
You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation. Roger Maris - Yankee slugger
11-26
If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. Jack Lemmon, actor
11-25
Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts. Roger Staubach - Dallas Cowboys quarterback
11-24
Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players. I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard, who had the desire to be great. Magic Johnson - NBA player
11-23
When I was coaching, the one thought that I would try to get across to my players was that everything I do each day, everything I say, I must first think what effect it will have on everyone concerned. Frank Layden - NBA coach
11-22
Certain sports are made for certain people - every athlete must find the sport for which he or she is best suited. Billy Jean King - Tennis player
11-21
Buffalo Bills quarterback Doug Flutie, joined on stage by his ten-year-old daughter, Alexa, at an awards show in New York recently, said that after watching the Gatorade ad featuring Mia Hamm and Michael Jordan that began airing during the Women's world Cup, Alexa turned to her dad and asked: "Who's the guy in the commercial with Mia?"
11-20
"Real soccer = 2 feet + 1 ball. The rest is your imagination."
11-19
Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play. It is as simple as that. God, I love that opportunity. Mike Singletary - NFL Linebacker
11-18
I practice in my head. Arthur Schnabel
11-17
You win with fundamentals. A. L. Williams
11-16
I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game. Paul "Bear" Bryant
11-15
Not everyone who practices every day is a champion. But everyone who is a champion practices ever day.
11-14
The harder you train, the harder it is to quit.
11-13
Condition comes from hard work during practice and proper mental and moral conduct between practices. John Wooden
11-12
Practice doesn't make perfect - only perfect practice makes perfect.
11-11
It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice. Eric Lindros
11-10
Basketball is a game of conditioning and fatigue. That's why I believe in practicing a team to train when it's exhausted. Pat Riley
11-9
If I don't practice for a week, the fans know it. If I don't practice for two days, my opposite knows it. If I don't practice for one day, I know it.
11-8
Practice is the best of all instructors. Publilius Syrus
11-7
Think of new ways to do old things. You must protect against boredom in a practice situation. George Raveling
11-6
You play the way you practice. Pop Warner
11-5
When you're not practicing, remember, someone, somewhere, is practicing, and when you meet him, he will win. Ed Macauley
11-4
We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player. Bob Knight
11-3
One of the most important things for a player to have during drill work is an imagination. He must imagine that it is a game-like situation. Bob Knight
11-2
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals." - Unknown
11-1
The funny thing about regret is that it's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't. - Gibby Haynes
10-31
A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. Simon & Garfunkel
10-30
In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing. Van Morrison
10-29
There are only two options regarding commitment. You are either IN or you are OUT. There is no such life as in-between. Pat Riley
10-28
Ain�t no chance if you don�t take it. Guy Clark
10-27
Perhaps once in a hundred years a person is ruined by excessive praise, but surely once every minute someone dies inside for lack of it.
10-26
Honor is better than honors.
10-25
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.
10-24
I think I�ve always had the shots. But in the past, I�ve suffered too many mental lapses. Now, I�m starting to get away from that and my mental discipline and commitment to the game are much better. I think I�m really taking a good look at the big picture. That�s the difference between being around for the final or watching the final from my sofa at home. Andre Agassi
10-23
Quitters never win, winners never quit - but those who never win and never quit are idiots.
10-22
Don�t let anyone steal our dreams. Michael Jordan
10-21
If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly.
10-20
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. But skydiving is not for you.
10-19
To succeed�you need to find something to hold onto, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. Tony Dorsett
10-18
Losers quit when they're tired; winners quit when they've won.
10-17
All it takes is all you got. Unknown
10-16
You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That�s the mark of a true professional. Joe Paterno
10-15
Which would you rather be,--a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors? Homer
10-14
Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein. Joe Theisman
10-13
An ardent supporter of the hometown team should go to a game prepared to take offense, no matter what happens. Robert Benchley
10-12
If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score? Vince Lombardi
10-11
The only thing better than winning is losing knowing you gave your best. Michael Ip
10-10
It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. Darren Weinberg
10-9
Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings. -George Will
10-8
"Winning is not a sometime thing; it�s an all time thing. You don�t win once in a while, you don�t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing." Vince Lombardi
10-7
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. Michael Jordan
10-6
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden
10-5
Most games are lost, not won. Casey Stengel
10-4
If you train hard, you�ll not only be hard, you�ll be hard to beat. Herschel Walker
10-3
The minute you start talking about what you�re going to do if you lose, you have lost. George Shultz
10-2
Sweat plus sacrifice equals success. Charlie Finley
10-1-99
It�s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. Archie Griffin, two-time Heisman winner ( 5�9��)
9-30
You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do. A J Kitt
9-29
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. William A. Ward
9-28
There�s no substitute for guts. Paul �Bear� Bryant
9-27
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. Hank Aaron
9-26
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser. Lou Holtz
9-25
I really lack the words to compliment myself today. Alberto Tomba
9-24
Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks. Joe Paterno
9-23
We must either find a way or make one. Hannibal
9-22
It�s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself. Muhammad Ali
9-21
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. Balzac
9-20
Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time. Greg LeMond
9-19
To succeed...You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. Tony Dorsett
9-18
Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates. Magic Johnson
9-17
Set your goals high, and don�t stop till you get there. Bo Jackson
9-16
Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it. Sir Edmund Hillary
9-15
I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it. Gale Sayers
9-14
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man�s determination. Tommy Lasorda
9-13
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Coach Darrel Royal
9-12
You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge. Damon Runyon
9-11
It�s a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don�t quit when you're tired�you quit when the gorilla is tired. Robert Strauss
9-10
The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it�as long as you really believe 100 percent. Arnold Schwarzenegger
9-9
Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan. Tom Landry
9-8
Winners never quit and quitters never win. Unknown
9-7
It�s not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it�s what you put into the practice. Eric Lindros
9-6
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. Vidal Sassoon
9-5
The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion. Jean-Claude Killy
9-4
Everyone has limits on the time they can devote to exercise, and cross-training simply gives you the best return on your investment�balanced fitness with minimum injury risk and maximum fun. Paula Newby-Fraser
9-3-99
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear�not absence of fear. Mark Twain
9-2-99
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. Amelia Earhart
9-1-99
Show me a guy who�s afraid to look bad, and I�ll show you a guy you can beat every time. Lou Brock
8-31-99
Don�t look back. Something might be gaining on you. Satchel Paige
8-30-99
When someone tells me the is only one way to do things, it always lights a fire under my butt. My instant reaction is, �I�m gonna prove you wrong.� Picabo Street
8-29-99
The only way to overcome is to hang in. Even I�m starting to believe that. Dan O�Brien
8-28-99
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. Vince Lombardi
8-27
The country is full of good coaches. What it takes to win is a bunch of interested players. Don Coryell
8-26
It�s what you learn after you know it all that counts. John Wooden
8-25
If at first you don�t succeed, you are running about average. M. H. Alderson
8-24
Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work, equals miracles. Bob Richards, Pole Vaulter
8-23
There are only two options regarding commitment. You�re either IN or you�re OUT. There�s no such thing as life in-between. Pat Riley
8-22
The game isn�t over till it�s over. Yogi Berra
8-21
I�m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. Thomas Jefferson
8-20
I�ll always be Number 1 to myself. Moses Malone
8-19
When you�re riding, only the race in which you�re riding is important.
Bill Shoemaker
8-18
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. Seneca
8-17
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don�t play together, the club won�t be worth a dime. Babe Ruth
8-16
When you�re playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder. Show the world how much you�ll fight for the winner�s circle. If you do, someday the cellophane will crackle off a fresh pack, one that belongs to you, and the cards will be stacked in your favor. Pat Riley
8-15
Before you can win a game, you have to not lose it. Chuck Noll
8-14
When your are playing for the national championship, it�s not a matter of life or death. It�s more important than that. Duffy Daugherty
8-13
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. Vince Lombardi
8-12
My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: �Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you�ll win....Channel your energy. Focus.�
�Carl Lewis
8-11
The fulfillment of your dreams lies within you and you alone. Unknown
8-10
All dreams can come true�if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney
8-9
A ship in the harbor is safe. But that�s not what ships are built for. Anonymous
8-8
The best inspiration is not to outdo others, but to outdo ourselves. Anonymous
8-7
Think big, believe big, act big, and the results will be big.
Anonymous
8-6
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not: Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: The would is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. Anonymous
8-5
You learn you can do your best even when it�s hard, even when you�re tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage. Joe Namath
8-4
Winning isn�t everything, wanting to is. Anonymous
8-3
If you don�t do what�s best for your body, you�re the one who comes up on the short end. Julius Erving
8-2
Confidence is a very fragile thing. Joe Montana
8-1
If you set a goal for yourself and are able to achieve it, you have won your race. Your goal can be to come in first, to improve your performance, or just finish the race�it�s up to you. Dave Scott, Triathlete
7-31
I�ve always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn�t have a chance to win. Arnold Palmer
7-30
Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. The relationship between the soundness of the body and the activities of the mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet understood. But we do know what the Greeks knew: that intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong; that hardy spirits and tough minds usually inhabit sound gods. John F. Kennedy
7-29
The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the others willing to let them. Robert Frost
7-28
The more I train, the more I realize I have more speed in me. Leroy Burrell, sprinter
7-27
Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing! Pat Riley
7-26
If you chase two rabbits, both will escape. Unknown
7-25
Even if you are on the right track, you�ll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers
7-24
Winners never quit and quitters never win. Unknown
7-23
I will always be someone who wants to do better than others. I love competition. Jean-Claude Killy
7-22
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. Samuel Johnson
7-21
Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself. Shannon Miller, Olympic Gymnast
7-20
I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability. Bruce Jenner
7-19Personality has the power to open doors, but character keeps them open.
7-18
He who stops being better stops being good. Oliver Cromwell
7-17
The principle is competing against yourself. It�s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before. Steve Young
7-16
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. Kikuyu proverb
7-15
You must have long range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short range failures. Charles C. Noble
7-14
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. William A. Ward
7-13
There are times when silence is golden; other times it is just plain yellow. Ed Cole
7-12
The man who wins may have been counted out many times but he didn't hear the referee. H. E. Jansen
7-11
You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones who do what you do. Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead
7-10
Character is what you are in the dark.
7-9
Many of my friends from home have been sent to jail for drugs. But I didn't want to end up like that. I would go to the gym every night to practice. Once the janitor said, "It's Saturday night. why aren't you out at parties like everybody else?" I said "Parties won't take me where I want to go." Kevin Johnson, NBA guard
7-8
When you face a fork in the road, step on the exhilarator! Pat Riley
7-7
You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you�ll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit. Joe Paterno
7-6
No one ever drowned in sweat. Unknown
7-5
Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary. Ray Knight
7-4
To be prepared is half the victory. Miguel Cervantes
7-3
A champion is someone who is bending over to exhaustion when no one else is watching. Mia Hamm
7-2
I'm a firm believer that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy. Jack Nicklaus
7-1
Don't ever allow the pressure of competition to be greater than the pleasure of competition. Jim Rodgers NBA coach
6-30
Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work, equals miracles. Bob Richards, pole vaulter and two time Olympic gold medalist
6-29
Having fun is the name of the game. We all go out there and play as hard as we can to try to win. But the main reason we play is to have fun. Never do anything you don't enjoy. I've always said that when I stop having fun. I'll leave the game. Joe Carter, Major League Outfielder
6-28
Failures are expected by losers, ignored by winners. Joe Gibbs, NFL coach
6-27
Negative thoughts are contagious and they get passed around like a disease. I try to innoculate myself against the fear of failure. Bill Foster, college basketball coach
6-26
Enthusiasm is everything. It must be as taut and vibrating as a guitar string. Pele
6-25
I've never lost a game in my life. Once in a while, time ran out on me. Bobby Layne, NFL Quarterback
6-24
I never think about missing a free throw. All that goes through my mind when I'm at the line is seeing the ball go through the bottom of the net. Brad Daugherty, NBA center
6-23
A winner never whines. Paul Brown, NFL Coach
6-22
There's no crying in baseball. Tom Hanks in the movie "A League of Their Own"
6-21
We need people who can influence their peers and who cannot be detoured from their convictions by peers who do not have the courage to have any convictions. Joe Paterno
6-20
In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for that last shot - not in anybody else's not in anybody else's hands in the world. Larry Bird
6-19
You can't measure success if you have never failed. Steffi Graf, professional tennis player
6-18
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. Roger Bannister - first runner to break the 4 minute mile barrier
6-17
I don't think I can play any other way but all out ... I enjoy the game so much because I'm putting so much into it. George Brett, baseball player
6-16
Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second. Bear Bryant
6-15
Don't tell me how rocky the sea is. Just bring the ship in. Lou Holtz, football coach
6-14
You're never as good or as bad as they say you are. In the context of eternity, my football achievements mean very little. To a large extent, my job consists of running downfield, beating a guy, and catching a ball - no big deal. Nothing to worry about. Steve Largent, NFL wide receiver
6-13
To me, there is a cycle in sports: "The more you enjoy it, the more you practice; the more you practice, the more you improve; therefore, you enjoy it more." Pancho Gonzalez, Professional Tennis Player
6-12
When you have a lot of confidence, you can have a lot of fun, and when you have fun, you can do amazing things. Joe Namath, Quarterback
6-11
There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them work. Charlie Lau, famous hitting coach
6-10
You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation. Roger Maris
6-9
I believe in disipline. You can forgive incompetence. You can forgive lack of ability. But one thing you cannot ever forgive is lack of discipline. Forrest Gregg, NFL coach
6-8
Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment. Heywood Broun Sportswriter
6-7
It it had not been for the wind in my face, I wouldn't be able to fly at all. Arthur Ashe
6-6
I've learned it's not always the most talented poeple who make it, but those who don't give up. Adam Burt, NHL player
6-5
Sport is only sport if the results are unpredictable. Otherwise we would gain the same entertainment by watching the Harlem Globetrotters. Sir Arthur Gold, Chairman - British Olympic Association
6-4
Confidence comes from hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication. When I'm in the last two minutes of a December playoff game, I'm drawing confidence from wind sprints I did the previous March. Roger Staubach
6-3
It doesn't do you any good to ... get upset. If you lose you should learn something from it. If it was your best pitch, well, you gave it your best shot. If it wasn't, you shouldn't throw it again. Orel Hershiser
6-2
Sometimes I find myself getting a little too serious. When I'm having fun, it breaks the tension and I play much better. Andre Agassi, Professional Tennis Player
6-1
Whenever people talk about baseball, they don't say, work ball,: they say "play ball." It should be fun. Willie Stargell
5-31
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. Vernon Law - Major League pitcher
5-30
Class is an intangible quality which commands, rather than demands, the respect of others. John Wooden, UCLA Basketball coach
5-29
I've always felt it was not up to anyone else to make me give my best.
Hakeem Olajuwon NBA Center
5-28
Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. Jesse Owens
5-27
I'm satisfied with the way I play, but I don't evaluate my performances. I worry about what I can contribute defensively. I don't need to score. As long as we win, I don't care how many points I score. Patrick Ewing - NBA center for the New York Knicks
5-26
You can't get much done in life if you only work when you feel good. Jerry West, NBA coach
5-25
The minute you start talking about what you are going to do after you lose, you have lost. George Shultz
5-24
Winning is habit, unfortunately, so is losing. Vince Lombardi
5-23
You don�t win once in a while, you don�t do things right one in a while, you do them right all the time.
5-22
I stay after practice to catch passes. I look at myself as an encouragement to the (average) man who doesn't have great speed. I work hard. If you work hard too, you can make it. Steve Largent - NFL wide receiver.
5-21
Even though circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, never lose sight of your goal. Instead, prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experience, so that you can make the most of opportunity when it occurs. Mario Andretti - race car driver
5-20
I enjoy winning, but there are benefits in losing, too. Before you can be a winner, you have to learn to lose. Isiah Thomas - NBA guard - Detroit Pistons
5-19
Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts. Earl Campbell, NFL fullback
5-18
Class is striving hard to be the best at what you do, while taking the needs of other into consideration. Roger Staubach, Dallas Cowboys quarterback
5-17
There's no substitute for guts. Paul "Bear" Bryant - University of Alabama Football coach
5-16
Don't be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself. Olga Korbut, 8 time gold medal Olympic gymnast
5-15
You never fail until you stop trying. Florence Griffith Joyner, 3 time gold medal winning Olympic sprinter
5-14
To repeat successes of the past, follow your old program. Don't get fancy; just be consistent. Bill Rogers - Boston Marathon Race winner
5-13
Practice does not make the athlete. It is the quality and intensity of practice that makes the athlete, not just repeated practicing. Ray Meyer, college basketball coach
5-12
I prepared myself beforehand until I knew that I could do what I had to do. Then I had faith. Joe Namath - New York Jets quarterback
5-11
Courage is not the absence of fear, but simply moving on with dignity despite that fear. Pat Riley, NBA coach.
5-10
Discipline is the whole key to being successful. We all get 24 hours each day. That's the only fair thing; it's the only thing that's equal. What we do with those 24 hours is up to us. Sam Huff, NFL linebacker
5-9
Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.
5-8
Failure isn't fatal and success isn't final.
5-7
Most things are difficult before they are easy.
5-6
The difference between playing to win and playing not to lose is often the difference between success and mediocrity.
5-5
A nice thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
5-4
You cannot push someone up the ladder unless they are willing to climb themselves.
5-3
Attitude is an inner concept. It is the most important thing you can develop in your life. Wayne Dyer
5-2
Strange how much you got to know before how little you knew. Duncan Stuart
5-1
He didn't know it couldn't be done... so he did it.
4-30
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson
4-29
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life. Robert Louis Stevenson
4-28-99
The reward of a task well done is in being called to do a bigger one.
4-27
We see obstacles when we take our eyes off our goals.
4-26
In the long run, people hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high. Henry David Thoreau
4-25
Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely, once in a minute, something generous dies for want of it. Erich Fromm
4-24
A winner credits good luck for winning, even though it isn't good luck. A loser blames bad luck for losing, even though it isn't bad luck.
4-23
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
4-22
All people are created with an equal opportunity to become unequal.
4-21
Winners see what they want to happen. Losers see what they want to avoid.
4-20
Remember when you are not practicing, somewhere someone is, and when you meet him, he will win.
4-19
Nothing ever built arose to touch the skies unless some man dreamed that it should, some man believed that it could, and some man willed that it must. Charles Kettering
4-18
Those who profit most are those who give the most.
4-17
Press on: nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful individuals with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are important. The slogan "press on" has solved, and always will solve, the problems of the human race.
4-16
Every noble work is at first impossible. Thomas Carlyle
4-15
The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.
4-14
The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. - George Jessel
4-13
Remember that winners do what losers don't want to.
4-12
Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.
4-11
I've learned that you never get rewarded for the things that you intended to do.
4-10
What your mind can conceive and your heart can believe, your body can achieve.
4-9
The road to success is always under construction.
4-8
Strive for excellence, not perfection.
4-7
Remember that overnight success usually takes many years.
4-6
I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.
4-5
To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius. Will Henry
4-4
The unexamined life is not worth living. -Socrates
4-3
You are what you are when no one is around.
4-2
Be thankful for adversity - it separates the winners from the quitters.
4-1
I don't coach for winning. I coach for relationships. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University men's basketball coach
3-31
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
3-30
Success is determined by how determined you are to succeed.
3-29
Winners see what they want to happen. Losers see what they want to avoid.
3-28
When you lose say little. When you win say less.
3-27
You play a game with the head and heart.
3-26
It is better to try and fail than to fail to try.
3-25
Your attitude will determine your altitude.
3-24
Live in such a way, that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
3-23
When bad times come, you can let them make you bitter or use them to make you better.
3-22
Every great achievement was once considered impossible.
3-21
Dream what you dare to dream. Go where you want to go. Be what you want to be.
3-20
The only limits are those of vision. They can who believe they can.
3-19
Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
3-18
Success is a dream turned into reality.
3-17
Success is a journey - not a destination. Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
3-16
The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep running.
3-15
Do not fear the winds of adversity. Remember: A kite rises against the wind rather than with it.
3-14
Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude that separates excellence from mediocrity.
3-13
Excellence is the exceptional drive to exceed expectations.
3-12
In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try.
3-11
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
3-10
In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.
3-9
Some people dream of worthy accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them.
3-8
No one can predict to what heights you can soar. Even you will not know until you spread your wings.
3-7
Challenges can be stepping stones or stumbling blocks. It's just a matter of how you view them.
3-6
The great challenge of life is to decide what's important and to disregard everything else.
3-5
Don't be afraid to take big steps. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
3-4
Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
3-3
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
3-2
It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
3-1
Be humble - a lot was accomplished before you were born.
2-28
You see things that are and say, "Why?" But you dream things that never were and say, "Why not?"
2-27
A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure.
2-26
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words:
I do not know. - Andr Maurois
2-25
If it is meant to be, it is up to me. Sherry Bassin
2-24
Winners forget they are in a race. They just love to run.
2-23
Try to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
2-22
When giving advice, it's best to make it brief.
2-21
Most things important to know are difficult to learn.
2-20
The reward of a task well done is in being called to do a bigger one.
2-19
Do not fear the winds of adversity. Remember: A kite rises against the wind rather than with it.
2-18
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.
2-17
Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.
2-16
The difference between playing to win and playing not to lose is often the difference between success and mediocrity.
2-15
When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
2-14
When you lose say little. When you win say less.
2-13
Most things are difficult before they are easy.
2-12
To have one great idea you just need to have a lot of ideas. Linus Pauling
2-11
What your mind can conceive and your heart can believe, your body can achieve.
2-10
Failure isn't fatal and success isn't final.
2-9
The road to success is always under construction.
2-8
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock the stream always wins - not through strength but by perseverance.
2-7
If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to finish.
2-6
Sometimes there is no next time, no second chance, no time out. Sometimes ... its now or never.
2-5
To be a winner all you need to give is all you have.
2-4
"A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove... but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child."
2-3
We take risks not to escape life... but to prevent life from escaping us.
2-2
If a #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still number 2?
2-1
You make up your mind before you start .... that sacrifice is part of the package.
1-31
You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
1-30
We can not direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
1-29
The harder you work the luckier you get.
1-28
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
1-27
Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to produce uncommon results.
1-26
The spirit to win and the will to excel are always measured one stroke at a time.
1-25
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. John Wooden - college basketball coach
1-24
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
1-23
In the game of life, even the fifty yard seats don't interest me. I came to play.
1-22
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
1-21
The thing I love about sports is the emotion it brings to a world where true passion is such a scarce commodity. In a society where personal, political and religious beliefs are muzzled for fear of offending, sports remains one of our last legitimate outlets. It allows us to scream and cheer and wear our bias on our sleeves like medals of honor earned in combat. Here we can state our case, argue the obvious and steadfastly defend indefensible positions without fear or remorse.
Ken Burger - Charleston South Carolina Post and Courier
1-20
Praise in public; criticize in private.
1-19
"Don't ever wrestle with a pig. You'll both get dirty, but only the pig will enjoy it" Cale Yarborough
1-18
I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball. - Pete Rose
1-17
There are no ends, only means. How beautifully you get there is what counts. We were meant to enjoy the chase. Some would argue that the goal of winning makes competition serious business, that beating your opponent is the only thing that matters. The origin of the word competition - com and petere, which means "to strive together." Not antipetere, striving against each other, but competere, striving together in pursuit of excellence. Karl Mohr
1-16
"The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." Carl Sagan
1-15
A life is not important, except in the impact it has on other lives. Jackie Robinson
1-14
"Only dead fish go with the flow." - Unknown
1-13
We don't sing to get to the end of the song. If that were so the fastest singers would be the best, and composers would only write finales. We don't dance to get from one place on the floor to another. In other words life lesson No. 1 must be about creating a process in which the journey to success is exciting, enjoyable and fulfilling. If it hasn't been any fun achieving the goal, its accomplishment is mostly a relief from suffering. Alan Watts
1-12
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
1-11
Giving up reinforces a sense of incompetence. Going on gives you a commitment to succeed.
1-10
Most people fail not because they aim too high-but because they aim at nothing.
1-09
Doing the best that you are capable of is victory, and doing less is defeat.
1-08
They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
1-7
He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law. Orison Marden
1-6
A winner never quits. A quitter never wins. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
1-5
Life does not require that we become the biggest or the best, only that we try.
1-4
The amount of success you are able to achieve through wisdom will be in direct proportion to the effort expended in acquiring it.
1-3
Chance favors the prepared mind. Louis Pasteur
1-2
An idea is only as good as its execution.
1-19
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. Robert Kennedy

More Quotes

"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."
5-18
In 1969, Frank Shorter who won the NCAA 10,000 m in his senior year at Yale and was a pretty good runner, but NOT on the radar as a potential USA best, much less as a top-level international. After graduation, he decided to
see how good he really could be and stopped saying things like "If I ..." and instead did the hard training and did put in on the line during races. Upshot, three years after graduating from Yale he won a gold medal in the '72 Olympic Marathon and finished second 4 years later (won a whole lot of other things as well) and is recognized as one of the great distance runners of all time.
Not everyone has the talent to have the success Shorter had, but everyone
can do their best and stop using the easy way out by saying "I could have
won IF...". No one will ever know what could be until they make an honest
effort, until then it is only empty talk.
5-17
It is hard to be creative with your feet. The feet are so far from your brain." -
Miami Fusion and U.S. National Team midfielder Preki when asked why
soccer is a difficult game (from the Kansas City Star)
5-16
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." Coach Darrel Royal
5-15
I know that I�m never as good or bad as any single performance. I�ve never believed my critics or my worshippers, and I�ve always been able to leave the game at the arena. Charles Barkley
5-14
Winning is not a sometime thing; it�s an all the time thing.
5-13
Not all pain is gain.
5-12
Winning isn�t everything, wanting to is. Unknown
5-11
All men who have achieved great things have been dreamers. Unknown
5-10
For every winner there are dozens of losers. Odds are that you're one of them.
5-9
I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it. Gale Sayers
5-8
"If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat." Herschel Walker
5-7
This is the beginning of a new day,
God has given me this day to use as I will,
I can waste it or use it for good,
What I do today is important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it,
When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever,
Leaving something in it's place I have traded for it,
I want it to be a gain, not loss-good not evil,
Success, not failure, in order that I shall not forget the price I paid for it.
5-6
Duffy Daugherty, on the secret of coaching 84 football players: "It's exactly like polygamy - you make everyone believe he's better than everyone else."
5-5
"Dreams can come true, In Life reach for the moon, because even if you stumble you'll catch a star" - unknown
5-4
I never said you can't be a nice guy and win. All I said was that if I were playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run I would trip her. Leo Durocher
5-3
If finishing second was so great, we'd only schedule dual meets." Guy Kochel, Arkansas State's track coach upon being congratulated for his team's runner-up finish.
5-2
When we lose I can't sleep. When we win, I can't sleep, but I feel better in the morning. Joe Torre
5-1
"Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years, and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure I'm lucky. Who wouldn't consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball's greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure I'm lucky. When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift -- that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies -- that's something. When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter -- that's something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body -- it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed -- that's the finest I know. So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for." - Lou Gehrig, July 4, 1939
4-30
"People all say that I've had a bad break. But today, today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." - Gary Cooper (as Lou Gehrig) in Pride of the Yankees
4-30
"Gehrig's words have been acclaimed, without sarcasm, as baseball's Gettysburg Address. The event itself must be accorded sport's most agonizing spectacle." - Ray Robinson
4-29
"I never knew how someone dying could say he was the luckiest man in the world. But now I understand." - Mickey Mantle after his own retirement
4-28
"You get out there, and the stands are full and everybody's cheerin'. It's like everybody in the world come to see you. And inside of that there's the players, they're yakkin' it up. The pitcher throws and you look for that pill... suddenly there's nothing else in the ballpark but you and it. Sometimes, when you feel right, there's a groove there, and the bat just eases into it and meets that ball. When the bat meets that ball and you feel that ball just give, you know it's going to go a long way. Damn, if you don't feel like you're going to live forever." - Buck Weaver (John Cusack), Eight Men Out
4-27
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again. Oh people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come." - Terence Mann, Field of Dreams
4-26
"I loved the game. I'd have played for food money. I'd have played for free and worked for food. It was the game, the parks, the smells, the sounds. Have you ever held a bat or a baseball to your face? The varnish, the leather. And it was the crowd, the excitement of them rising as one when the ball was hit deep. The sound was like a chorus. Then there was the chug-a-lug of the tin lizzies in the parking lots, and the hotels with their brass spittoons in the lobbies and brass beds in the rooms. It makes me tingle all over like a kid on his way to his first double-header, just to talk about it." - Joe Jackson in W.P. Kinsella's Shoeless Joe
4-25
"The outfield wall is a formal recognition of the infinity of the Tao. Anyone who has ever played the outfield without a wall in sandlot baseball knows the infinity of the field... Achieving the Tao with the long ball is the ultimate Yang for the hitter. He has been rewarded for his power to attain the infinite by overcoming the limits of the wall or fence. The outfielders have been spared the chase by the wall, and in many cases they are deprived of an out as well because they have run out of room. This is in recognition of the real; anything beyond this point is gone." - Go, The Tao of Baseball
4-24
"It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." - Bart Giamatti, The Green Fields of the Mind
4-23
"Your shower shoes have fungus on them. You'll never make it to the bigs with fungus on your shower shoes. Think classy, you'll be classy. If you win 20 in the show, you can let the fungus grow back and the press'll think you're colorful. Until you win 20 in the show, however, it means you are a slob." - Crash Davis, Bull Durham
4-22
"It's not a question of whether I'm going to do damage, but how much damage I will do." - Mo Vaughn
4-21
"I can sit in a ballpark after a game and love looking at the field. Everybody's gone, and the ballpark is empty, and I'll sit there. I sit there and think, 'Is this as close to heaven as I'm going to get?' Or, 'If I get to heaven, will there be baseball?'" - Kim Voisard, Colorado Silver Bullets
4-20
"They play just the way Phil Niekro has taught them - they'll run over you or under you, spike you, gouge your eyeballs out and do anything else they can to win. I love 'em." - Jack Warner on the Silver Bullets
4-19
"I wanted to be the greatest hitter who ever lived. A man has to have goals and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams. The greatest hitter who ever lived.'" - Ted Williams
4-18
"If I fell behind I'd just rare back, throw a fastball and say, 'Here it is. Hit it.' A lot of times they did." - Bobby Witt
4-17
"I'm conservative. My thirty-two bunt singles, placed end to end, would probably fall short of one of Babe Ruth's homers. But he got only four bases on that distance, while I got thirty-two. Yes, my lad, science pays." - Whitey Witt
4-16
"He is a very huge man. Like Godzilla." - Japanese pitcher Masato Yoshii on Mark McGwire
4-15
"Cool Papa Bell was so fast he could turn out the light and jump in bed before the room got dark." - Satchel Paige
4-14
"Lefty Grove could throw a lamb chop past a wolf." - Westbrook Pegler
4-13
"We needed to buy a vowel." - Mets GM Steve Phillips, after signing IF Robert Eenhoorn
4-12
"How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time." - Lou Pinella on coming back from 15 runs down
4-11
"Good memories are the greatest thing in the world, and I've got a lot of those. And one of the sweetest is of the kid standing out on the green grass in center field, with the winning runs on base, saying to himself, 'Hit it to me. Hit it to me!'" - Pete Reiser
4-10
"Pete Reiser may have been born to be the best baseball player that ever lived but there was never a park big enough to contain his effort. He was a man of immeasurable skills and unconquerable spirit who played the game the only way he knew how - hitting, running, sliding, crashing into outfield walls - until he had literally broken his magnificent body into bits." - Red Smith
4-9
"I knew we were in for a long season when we lined up for the national anthem on opening day and one of my players said, 'Every time I hear that song, I have a bad game.'" - Jim Leyland, Pittsburgh Pirates
4-8
"I'm just trying to make the club. If they want me to start, I'll start. If they want me to relieve, I'll relieve. If they want me to get water, I'll get water." - Eric Ludwick
4-7
"Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water; the other third is covered by Garry Maddox." - Ralph Kiner
4-6
"In the end it all comes down to talent. You can talk all you want about intangibles, I just don't know what that means. Talent makes winners, not intangibles. Can nice guys win? Sure, nice guys can win -- if they're nice guys with a lot of talent. Nice guys with a little talent finish fourth, and nice guys with no talent finish last." - Sandy Koufax
4-5
"All I ever wanted to be was a Yankee. When I was a kid I was always hoping there'd be a jersey left for me to wear with a single digit." - Derek Jeter (#2)
4-4
"I've hit a few people in the head before. I think I'm a good enough pitcher that if I was trying to hit someone, then I'd probably be able to hit you." - Randy Johnson
4-3
"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in awhile. So if it's close, you'd better hit it." - Cal Hubbard
4-2
"Fans don't boo nobodies." - Reggie Jackson
4-1
"There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all." - Lou Gehrig
3-31
"A good friend of mine used to say, 'This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.' Think about that for a while." - Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh, Bull Durham
3-30
"I've played a couple of hundred games of tic-tac-toe with my little daughter, and she hasn't beaten me yet. I've always had to win. I've got to win." - Bob Gibson
3-29
"Jimmy Foxx could hit me at midnight with the lights out." - Lefty Gomez
3-28
"I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse." - Yankees P Orlando 'El Duque' Hernandez on whether he'd prefer to relieve in the majors or start in the minors
3-27
"The secret of my success was clean living and a fast-moving outfield." - Lefty Gomez
3-26
"I managed a team that was so bad we considered a 2-and-0 count on the batter a rally." - Rich Donnelly
3-25
"You all done? You comfortable? Well, send for the groundskeeper and get a shovel 'cause that's where they're gonna bury you." - Dizzy Dean to a batter digging in at home plate (just before throwing at his head)
3-24
"For five years in the minor leagues, I wore the same underwear and still hit .250. So no, I don't believe in that stuff." - Dusty Baker on superstitions
3-23
"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base." - Dave Barry
3-22
"Jackie Robinson was the greatest competitor I ever saw. He didn't win. He triumphed." - Ralph Branca
3-21
"Hey, Evelyn, can I ask you a question? You got a moment? Which team do you play for? Well, I was just wondering cause I couldn't figure out why, you would throw the ball home when we've got a two run lead, you let the tying run get on second, and we lost the lead because of you! Now you start using your
head! That's that lump three feet above your butt! Are you crying? Are you crying? You crying? There's no crying! There's no crying in baseball! Roger Hornsby was my manager and he called me a walking pile of pig slop, and that's when my parents came up from Michigan to see me play, but did I cry? NO! NO! And you know why? Cause there's no crying in baseball! No crying in baseball! No crying!" - Tom Hanks, "A League of Their Own"
3-20
What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about?
3-19
"A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but practices it without any hope of doing it well". G. K. Chesterton
3-18
I Hope You Dance
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Livin' might mean takin' chances, but they're worth takin'
Lovin' might be a mistake, but it's worth makin'
Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter
When your close to sellin' out reconsider
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
Lee Ann Womack (http://www.leeannwomack.com/)
3-17
"A certain amount of opposition can be of great help to a man- Kites rise against, not with the wind." - John Neal
3-16
"The man in the arena... who at best knows the triumphs of high achievement and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place will never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." - President Teddy Roosevelt
3-15
"Good judgment is the result of experience and experience is the result of bad judgment." - Anonymous
3-14
The only easy day was yesterday - USN SEAL HQ motto
3-13
"More sweat in training, less blood in battle" - sign over a PT field at Ft. Benning, GA
3-12
"Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach." - Dr. George Sheehan
3-11
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." - Vince Lombardi
3-10
"Perseverance: is not a long race; it is many short races one after another." - Walter Elliott
3-9
"Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it." -Michael Johnson's trainer
3-8
"We will go to the moon. We will go to the moon and do other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard." - John F. Kennedy, Jr.
3-7
"Superficial goals lead to superficial results." - Attila the Hun
3-6
"Our bodies are our gardens - our wills are our gardeners" - William Shakespeare
3-5
"Trample the weak. Hurdle the dead." - Anonymous
3-4
"Belief is the thermostat that regulates all success." - Anonymous
3-3
"Excess, upon occasion can be exhilarating, because it prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit." - Somerset Maugham
3-2
"Don�t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself." - William Faulkner
3-1
"You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back." - Anonymous
2-28
"One cannot consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar." - Helen Keller
2-27
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift." - Steve Prefontaine
2-26
"You never fail, you simply produce results. Learn from these." - Anonymous
2-25
"People can't understand why a man runs. They don't see any sport in it, argue that it lacks the sight-thrill of body contact, the color of rough conflict. Yet the conflict is there, more raw and challenging than any man versus man competition. In track it is man against himself, the cruelest of all opponents. The other runners are not the real enemies. His adversary lies deep within him, in his ability, with brain and heart, to control and master himself and his emotions." - Glenn Cunningham
2-24
Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
2-23
"Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn�t matter whether you�re a lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you�d better be running." - Anonymous
2-22
"The more I talk to athletes, the more convinced I become that the method of training is relatively unimportant. There are many ways to the top, and the training method you choose is just the one that suits you best. No, the important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top." - Herb Elliot
2-21
"If you go at them with bare knuckles, you'll come out bleeding" - Ralph Lindquist (trade union negotiator and business agent)
2-20
"There is no right way to do something wrong."
Unknown
2-20
"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it." U.S. General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
2-19
"If you're going to make every game a matter of life or death, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot." NC Basketball Coach Dean Smith
2-18
You don't have to play a sport Good to be a Good Sport.
2-17
"Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years that they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance is merely the demonstration of their championship character." - T. Alan Armstrong
2-16
"Hard training, easy combat; easy training, hard combat." - Russian General Marshal Suvorov
2-15
"DO or DO NOT. There is no TRY" - Jedi Master Yoda (Star Wars)
2-14
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." - Thomas Jefferson
2-13
"I don't build character in people, I eliminate those that don't have it." - Vince Lombardi
2-12
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
-- William Shakespeare
2-11
Third-Base Coach
His loins are girt; his teeth are grit;
His jock itch he'll conceal.
(He knows that if he scratches it,
He'll start a double steal.)
reprinted by permission of Bob McKenty
2-10
The main quality a great third base coach must have is a fast runner." Rocky Bridges, California Angels coach.
2-9
If doing great things was easy, everybody would be doing them.
2-8
Excellence is a habit.
2-7
"Sports do not build character. They reveal it." Heywood Hale � Writer
2-6
"I've learned that whenever I decide to do something with kindness, I usually make the right decision." From "Things I've Learned Through Life"
2-5
The least understood weapon in football is emotion. Amos Alonzo Stagg
2-4
Confidence is a very fragile thing. Joe Montana, NFL quarterback
2-3
Just remember - when you think all is lost, the future remains. Bob Goddard
2-2-2000
Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks. Joe Paterno - Penn State coach
2-1-2000
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool. George Santayana
1-31-2000
Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind. Max Eastman
1-30-2000
It is easier to manufacture seven facts out of whole cloth than one emotion. Mark Twain
1-29-2000
Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness. John Sterling
1-28-2000
Do not arouse disdainful mind when you prepare a broth of wild grasses; do not arouse joyful mind when you prepare a fine cream soup. Dogen
1-27-2000
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. Ambrose Bierce
1-26-2000
If you are prepared, then you will be confident and you will do the job. Emotion gets in the way of performance. Tom Landry
1-25
Anxiety is the space between the "now" and the "then." Fritz Perls
1-24
By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal, reformatory and holier than thou; encouraged, they perfume life; discouraged, they poison it. Joseph Collins
1-23
Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can. A gentleman will walk but never run. Sting
1-22
Emotion is not something shameful, subordinate, second-rate; it is a supremely valid phase of humanity at its noblest and most mature. Joshua Loth Liebman
1-21
Keep cool; anger is not an argument. Daniel Webster
1-20
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes. Cato
1-19
"Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players. I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard, who had desire to be great." Magic Johnson, NBA guard
1-18
My prayers are always the same - may every kid play to her ability, may no one get hurt, and may every player end the game knowing they have done their best. Jim Cathcart
1-17
"The competition in the job market today calls for being as well-prepared as possible. You must prepare for your future, and that key is education." Paul Bear Bryant
1-16
"Experience is the name we give our mistakes." Fred Shero - NHL Coach
1-15
"It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success." David Feherty, PGA golfer
1-14
"The best way to improve the team is to improve yourself." John Wooden - UCLA basketball coach
1-13
"There is no letter "I" in the word teamwork." Bill Foster - NCAA Basketball Coach
1-12
"A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example." Joe DiMaggio - baseball player
1-11
"One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA Center
1-10
"Confidence is the result of hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication." Roger Staubach, NFL quarterback
1-9
"When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun; and when you have fun, you can do amazing things." Joe Namath, Alabama/ NY Jets Quarterback
1-8
"To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he's going." Joe Namath, Alabama/NY Jets Quarterback
1-7
"Don't look back. Someone might be gaining on you." Satchel Paige, Major League Pitcher
1-6
"You play the way you practice." Pop Warner, College Football Coach
1-5
"You have to set the goals that are almost out of reach. If you set a goal that is attainable without much work or thought, you are stuck with something below your true talent and potential." Steve Garvey, Major League First baseman
1-4
"Nice guys finish last." Leo Durocher, Major League Manager
1-3
"If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life." Isiah Thomas, NBA guard
1-2
"I've learned that the only way to get respect from people is to give them respect - and that's my way of doing it." Tommy Lasorda, Major League Manager
1-1
"There is too much emphasis on success and failure, and too little on how a person grows as he works. Enjoy the journey, enjoy every moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing." Matt Biondi, Olympic Gold Medalist
12-31
You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. - Navajo proverb

More Inspirational Quotes

Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
And dance like no one is watching.
"I give the same halftime speech over and over. It works best when my players are better than the other coach's players." Chuck Mills
A few mistakes don't worry me; what worries me is when you make mistakes and then forget about your role on the team and start to worry about your ego. Digger Phelps - Notre Dame basketball coach.
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can�t do. Dennis Waitley
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Thomas Edison
Its very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete. Jim Courier, professional tennis player
I thought about losing, especially when I was just starting out ... After I won the title, I didn't worry about it any more. I knew that if I kept on fighting, (someday) someone would come along and take this title away from me, but not this guy, not tonight. Joe Louis "The Brown Bomber" - world champion boxer
I learned that the only way you are going to get ahead in life is to work hard at it. Whether you are a musician, a writer, an athlete, or in business, there�s no getting around it. If you do you�ll win. If you don�t, you won�t. Bruce Jenner � Olympic athlete
When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. John F. Kennedy
God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind, I will live forever. Unknown
If you are strong enough and bold enough to follow your dreams then you will find success - Oprah Winfrey
To the world you just might be one person, but to one person you just might be the world. Unknown
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. Louis Pasteur, scientist (1822-1895)
Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we've made of things. T.S. Elliott
I expect them to try their best, because if nobody demands it of them they'll be mediocre. Doctor Rick Montz on Hopkins-24/7 Sept. 13, 2000
The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does. James M. Barrie
Trust is the highest form of human motivation - writer Steven Covey
To be somebody, you must last. Ruth Gordon - actress of "Harold and Maude" fame
It's not about beating the other guy, it's about having fun. But nothing is more fun than beating the other guy. Marc Crawford - hockey coach
Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher. Ty Cobb - baseball great
Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things... I am tempted to think... There are no little things. Bruce Barton
Anonymous Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened. Billy Graham
Triumph is "umph" added to try. Anonymous

For all the Moms on Mother's Day

My Mom taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE: "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside - I just finished cleaning!"
My Mom taught me RELIGION: "You better pray that will come out of the carpet."
My Mom taught me about TIME TRAVEL: "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"
My Mom taught me LOGIC: "Because I said so, that's why."
My Mom taught me FORESIGHT: "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."
My Mom taught me IRONY: "Keep laughing and I'll give you something to cry about."
My Mom taught me about the science of OSMOSIS: "Shut your mouth and eat your supper!"
My Mom taught me about CONTORTIONIST: "Will you look just look at the dirt on the back of your neck?"
My Mom taught me about STAMINA: "You'll sit there until all that spinach is finished."
My Mom taught me about WEATHER: "It looks as if a tornado went through your room."
My Mom taught me how to solve PHYSICS PROBLEMS: "If I yelled because I saw a meteor coming toward you, would you listen then?"
My Mom taught me about HYPOCRISY: "If I've told you once, I've told you a million times - Don't Exaggerate!!!"
My Mom taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION: "Stop acting like your father!"
My Mom taught me about taking RESPONSIBILITY for my actions: "If you fall out of that tree and break both legs, don't come running to me!"
I remember many of these Quotes. How about you?

Enjoy a Happy Mother's Day and God Bless.

More Rules for Life:

Any and all compliments can be handled by simply saying "Why, thank you" (though it helps if you say it with a Southern accent).
Some people are working backstage, some are playing in the orchestra, some are on stage singing, some are in the audience as critics and some are there to applaud. Know who and where you are.
When baking, follow directions. When cooking, go by your own taste.
Never continue dating anyone who is rude to the waiter and doesn't like dogs/cats.
You need only two tools. WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40. If it moves and shouldn't, use the tape.
The five most essential words for a healthy, vital relationship: "I apologize" and "You are right. "
Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.
When you make a mistake, make amends immediately. It's easier to eat crow while it's still warm.
The only really good advice that I remember my mother ever gave me was "Go! You might meet somebody! "
If he/she says that you are too good for him/her - believe it.
I've learned to pick my battles; I ask myself, Will this matter one year from now? How about one month? One week? One day?
If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance!
Living well really is the best revenge. Being miserable because of a bad or former relationship just might mean that the other person was right about you.
Knowing how to listen to music is as great a talent as knowing how to make it.
Work is good but it's not that important.
Never underestimate the kindness of your fellow man.
And finally. . . Be really nice to your friends. You never know when you are going to need them to empty your bedpan.

I Hope You Dance

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance...
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance,
Never settle for the path of least resistance,
Livin' might mean takin' chances but they're worth takin',
Lovin' might be a mistake but it's worth makin',
Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter,
When you come close to sellin' out reconsider,
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone.)
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
Dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone)
(Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone.)

Lee Ann Womack (http://www.leeannwomack.com/)

More Amazing Sports Quotes
(Did he really say that?)

1982 Chuck Nevitt , North Carolina State basketball player, explaining to Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice: "My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt."
1996 Lou Duva, Veteran boxing trainer, on the Spartan training regimen of heavyweight Andrew Golota: "He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is."
1981 Tommy Lasorda , Dodger manager, asked what terms Mexican-born pitching sensation Fernando Valenzuela might settle for in his upcoming contract negotiations: "He wants Texas back."
1976 Alex Hawkins, recalling his playing days against Dick Butkus: "Whenever they gave him the game ball, he ate it."
1966 Darrell Royal, Texas football coach, asked if the abnormal number of Longhorn injuries this season resulted from poor physical conditioning: "One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for football?"
1981 Mike McCormack , coach of the hapless Baltimore
Colts after the team's co-captain, offensive guard Robert
Pratt, pulled a hamstring running onto the field for the coin
toss against St. Louis: "I'm going to send the injured reserve players out for the toss next time."
1966 Red Auerbach, the Boston Celtics' general manager, asked if he had any criticism of Bill Russell's coaching: "He has the players too happy."
1971 Mike Lucci, Detroit Lion linebacker, on his three key interceptions against the Chicago Bears: "Yeah, they gave me the game ball. If they hadn't given it to me, I would have taken it anyway."
1991 Steve Spurrier, Florida football coach, telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn's football dorm had destroyed 20 books: "But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet."
1986 Jim Finks, New Orleans Saints G.M., when asked after a loss what he thought of the refs: "I'm not allowed to comment on lousy officiating."
1991 Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons: "It's basically the same, just darker."
1976 Greg Buttle, New York Jet linebacker, explaining his contractual obligations: "They pay me to practice. Sundays I play for free."
1996 Lincoln Kennedy, Oakland Raiders tackle, on his decision not to vote: "I was going to write myself in, but I was afraid I'd get shot."
1991 Jim Colletto, Purdue football coach and former assistant at Arizona State and Ohio State, on his 11-year-old son's reaction after he took the job with the Boilermakers: "He said: 'Gosh, Dad, that mean's we're not going to any more bowl games.'
1986 LaVell Edwards, BYU football coach and one of 14 children: "They can't fire me because my family buys too many tickets."
1981 Dorothy Shula, on the career dedication of her husband, the Miami Dolphins' coach: "I'm fairly confident that if I died tomorrow, Don would find a way to preserve me until the season was over and he had time for a nice funeral."
1976 Mike Newlin, Houston Rocket guard, after a game his team lost to the New York Nets: "We were the quintessence of athletic atrocity."
1971 Tom Workman, former NBA-ABA basketball player: "They tell you to join the NBA and see all the big cities: New York with all the lights, San Francisco with its night life, San Diego's sunshine. They also say join the ABA and see the U.S.A. Unfortunately, I found this included Steubenville, Ohio; Amarillo, Texas; Elko, Nevada; Cedar City, Utah; and Biloxi, Mississippi."

The Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant,
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is perennial as the grass.

Take kindly to the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann,``Desiderata'' (1927),

Deteriorata

Go placidly amid the noise and the waste and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.

Avoid quiet & passive persons unless you are in need of sleep. Rotate your tires. Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself & heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys; know what to kiss & when.

Consider that two wrongs never make a right, but that three do. Wherever possible, put people on hold. Be comforted that in the face of all aridity & disillusionment & despite the changing fortunes of time, there is always a big future in computer maintenance. Remember the Pueblo. Strive at all times to bend, fold, spindle & mutilate.

Know yourself; if you need help, call the FBI. Exercise caution in your daily affairs, especially with those persons closest to you -- that lemon on your left, for instance. Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls would scarcely get your feet wet. Fall not in love therefore; it will stick to your face.

Gracefully surrender the things of youth, birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan; & let not the sands of time get in your lunch. Hire people with hooks. For a good time, call 555-4311; ask for Ken. Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese; & reflect that whatever misfortune may be your lot, it could only be worse in Milwaukee.

You are a fluke of the universe; you have no right to be here, & whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back.

Therefore make peace with your God whatever you conceive Him to be -- Hairy Thunderer or Cosmic Muffin.

With all its hopes, dreams, promises, & urban renewal, the world continues to deteriorate. Give up.

Copyright � National Lampoon. Written by Tony Hendra

A Little Parent Cooperation

      At one point during a game, the coach said to one of his young players, "Do you understand what cooperation is? What a team is?" The little boy nodded in the affirmative.
      "Do you understand that what matters is how we play together as a team?" The little boy nodded yes.
      "So," the coach continued, "when offsides is called, or a handball is not called, you don't argue or curse or attack the referee. Do you understand all that?"
      Again the little boy nodded.
      "Good," said the coach. "Now go over there and explain it to your mother."
(Submitted by Otto Mueller to the Alabama Ref e-mail list)

All I Ever Needed To Know I Learned in Kindergarten
author Robert Fulghum, Random House, 1988

Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox at nursery school.

These are the things I learned - Share everything * Play fair * Don't hit people * Put things back where you found them * Clean up your own mess * Don't take things that aren't yours * Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody * Wash your hands before you eat * Flush * Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you * Live a balanced life * Learn some and think and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

Take a nap every afternoon * When you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands and stick together * Be aware of wonder * Remember the little seed in the plastic cup. The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.

Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the plastic cup---they die. So do we.

And then remember the book and Dick and Jane and the first word you learned, the biggest word of all: LOOK. Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and life and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and sane living.

Think of what a better world it would be if we all -- the whole world -- had cookies and milk about 3 o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. Or if we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to always put things back where we found them and clean up our messes. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.

Bill Gates' Book For High School and College Graduates:

Here is a list of 11 things they did not learn in school. In his book, Bill Gates talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a full generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

RULE 1
Life is not fair; get used to it.

RULE 2
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

RULE 3
You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.

RULE 4
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He
doesn't have tenure.

RULE 5
Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.

RULE 6
If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

RULE 7
Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents' generation, try "delousing" the closet in your own room.

RULE 8
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades; they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

RULE 9
Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

RULE 10
Television is NOT real life. In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

RULE 11
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

l loved you enough...

Someday when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a parent, I will tell them:
I loved you enough... to ask where you were going, with whom, and what time you would be home.
I loved you enough... to insist that you save your money and buy a bike for yourself even though we could afford to buy one for you.
I loved you enough... to be silent and let you discover that your new best friend was a creep.
I loved you enough... to make you go pay for the bubble gum you had taken and tell the clerk, "I stole this yesterday and want to pay for it."
I loved you enough... to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned your room, a job that should have taken 15 minutes.
I loved you enough... to let you see anger, disappointment and tears in my eyes.
Children must learn that their parents aren't perfect.
I loved you enough... to let you assume the responsibility for your actions even when the penalties were so harsh they almost broke my heart.
But most of all, I loved you enough... to say NO when I knew you would hate me for it.
Those were the most difficult battles of all.
I'm glad I won them, because in the end you won, too.
And someday when your children are old enough to
understand the logic that motivates parents, you will
tell them.............

Was your Mom mean? I know mine was. We had the meanest mother in the whole world! While other kids ate candy for breakfast, we had to have cereal, eggs, and toast. When others had a Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch, we had to eat sandwiches. And you can guess our mother fixed us a dinner that was different from what other kids had, too. Mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times. You'd think we were convicts in a prison. She had to know who our friends were, and what we were doing with them. She insisted that if we said we would be gone for an hour, we would be gone for an hour or less. We were ashamed to admit it, but she had the nerve to break the Child Labor Laws by making us work. We had to wash the dishes, make the beds, learn to cook, vacuum the floor, do laundry, empty the trash and all sorts of cruel jobs. I think she would lie awake at night thinking of more things for us to do. She always insisted on us telling the truth the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. By the time we were teenagers, she could read our minds. Then, life was really tough! Mother wouldn't let
our friend's just honk the horn when they drove up. They had to come up to the door so she could meet them. While everyone else could date when they were 12 or 13, we had to wait until we were 16. Because of our mother we missed out on lots of things other kids experienced. None of us have ever been caught shoplifting, vandalizing other's property or ever arrested for any crime. It was all her fault. Now that we have left home, we are all educated, honest adults. We are doing our best to be mean parents just like Mom was. I think that is what's wrong with the world today. It just doesn't have enough mean moms.

Author Unknown

More Quotes:

"A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more. Nobody is going to win a 5,000 meter race after running an easy 2 miles. Not with me. If I lose forcing the
pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself." - Steve Prefontaine "The price of excellence is discipline.
The cost of mediocrity is disappointment." - William W. Ward
"If you want to run, then run a mile. If you want to experience another life, run a marathon." - Emil Zatopek
"The marathon can humble you." - Bill Rodgers
"Jogging through the forest is pleasant, as is relaxing by the fire with a glass of gentle Bordeaux and discussing one's travels. Racing is another matter. The frontrunner's mind is filled with an anguished fearfulness, a panic, which drives into pain." - Kenny Moore
"If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want. Why? Because: (a) You'll burn all the calories you consume, (b) you deserve it, and (c) you'll be injured soon and back
on a restricted diet anyway." - Don Kardong
"Significant problems you face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." - Albert Einstein
"We can blaze! Become legends in our own time, strike fear
in the heart of mediocre talent everywhere! We can scald dogs, put records out of reach! Make the stands gasp as we blow into an unearthly kick from three hundred yards out! We can become God's own messengers delivering the dreaded scrolls! We can race dark Satan himself till he wheezes fiery cinders down the back straightaway! They'll speak our names in hushed tones, 'Those guys are animals' they'll say! We can lay it on the line, bust a gut, show them a clean pair of heels. We can sprint the turn on a spring breeze and feel the winter leave our feet!" - Anonymous
"Most die" - middle-aged Japanese triathlete, just after the Ironman
"Enjoy your pain, you've earned it." - Anonymous
"Winner's don't do different things. Winners do things differently." - Anonymous
"To a runner, a side stich is like a car alarm. It signifies something is wrong, but you ignore it until it goes away." - Anonymous
"The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them." Anonymous
"Self-conquest is the greatest of victories." - Anonymous
"Obstacles are those frightening things that become visible when we take our eyes off our goals." - Henry Ford
"Remember, the second most important thing to choosing
the right shoe, is choosing the left one." - High school coach
to his runners
"The man in the arena... who at best knows the triumphs of high achievement and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place will never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." - President Teddy Roosevelt"He's a well-balanced athlete; he has a chip on both
shoulders." - Derek Redmond, on Linford Christie
"The will to run is not as nearly as important as the will to prepare." - Anonymous
"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." - President Teddy Roosevelt
"Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win." - Tom Fleming
"Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to
run over my body to beat me." - Said Aouita
"It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it." - Brooks Johnson
"I just run as hard as I can for 20 miles, and then race." - Steve Jones
"Some running is good, more is better, and too much is just enough." - Anonymous
"No doubt a brain and some shoes are essential for marathon success, although if it comes down to a choice, pick the
shoes. More people finish marathons with no brains than with no shoes." - Don Kardong
"It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse." -
Ann Trason
"Start slow, then taper off." - Walt Stack
"Live clean and train hard." - JoeDom
"If you race merely for the tributes from others, you will be at the mercy of their expectations." - Scott Tinley
"If you start to feel good during an ultra, don't worry you will
get over it." - Gene Thibeault

The Price of Freedom

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?
Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.

They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.

Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.

VVandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.

At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr, noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart.

Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates. Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild-eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: "For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."

They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books never told you a lot about what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn't fight just the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government! Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we shouldn't.

So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid.

Remember: freedom is never free!

Observations of Life

1. All reports are in. Life is now officially unfair.
2. If all is not lost, where is it?
3. It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser.
4. If at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished.
5. The first rule of holes: If you are in one, stop digging.
6. I went to school to become a wit, only got halfway through.
7. Some days you're the dog, some days the hydrant.
8. It's not the pace of life that concerns me, it's the sudden stop at the end.
9. It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere.
10. Lead me not into temptation (I can find the way myself).
11. There are two kinds of pedestrians...the quick and the dead.
12. An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys.
13. A closed mouth gathers no feet.
14. It's not hard to meet expenses...they're everywhere.
15. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.

Bear Bryant Quotes

"How many people watch you give a final exam? [About fifty is the reply.]
Well, I have 50,000 watch me give mine - every Saturday!"
To English Professor Tommy Mayo (at Texas A&M) when questioned about his emphasis on winning and his salary.
"Stephenson was a man among children - he didn't say very much, but he didn't have to."
About Dwight Stevenson, the center on the Championship 1979 squad. Bryant also called Stevenson "the best center I've ever coached."
"Sure I'd like to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state." To a group of boosters before an Auburn game. This comment was widely reported, and AU upset the Tide a few days later.
"I left Texas A&M because my school called me. Mama called, and when Mama calls, then you just have to come running."
On why he had to leave A&M with six years left on his contract.
You couldn't play four years and be good enough to cost the University of Alabama thirty yards!"
An irate Coach Bryant to a player who had just received his second fifteen yard penalty of the game.
"He can't run, he can't pass, and he can't kick - all he can do is beat you."
Speaking of Tide QB Pat Trammel.
"All I know is, I don't want to stop coaching, and I don't want to stop winning, so we're gonna break the record unless I die."
Bryant, when asked if he would break Alonzo Staggs record of 314 college wins.
"I know one thing, I'd rather die now than to have died this morning and missed this game." Coach Bryant after Bama's win over unbeaten Auburn in '71.
"Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister!"
After being asked if he had considered going for a field goal when trailing by three points.
What the hell's the matter with you people down there? Don't y'all take your football seriously?"
Coach Bryant, upon calling Auburn at 6 AM only to find out that none of the coaches were in their offices yet.
"Here's a twenty, bury two."Coach Bryant, after being asked to chip in ten dollars to help cover the cost of a sportswriters funeral.
"This is the saddest day of my life."
Coach Bryant, Upon hearing of Pat Trammell's death.
"I'm just a simple plowhand from Arkansas, but I have learned over the years how to hold a team together. How to lift some men up, how to calm others down, until finally they've got one heartbeat, together, a team."
Bryant, when asked why he was so successful as a coach.
Bear Bryant's Three Rules for Coaching:
1."Surround yourself with people who can't live without football."
2."Recognize winners. They come in all forms."
3."Have a plan for everything."
"What matters...is not the size of the dog in the fight, but of the fight in the dog."
"Don't talk too much or too soon."
"In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway."
"When you make a mistake, admit it; learn from it and don't repeat it."
"Football changes and so do people. The successful coach is the one who sets the trend, not the one who follows it."
"If you don't have discipline, you can't have a successful program."
"I can reach a kid who doesn't have any ability as long as he doesn't know it."
"You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents."
"Sacrifice. Work. Self-descipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave."
"When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none."
"When you're number one, you don't play for the tie."
"I don't have any ideas; my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments."
"I don't hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they're not smarter than me, I don't need them."
"Every time a player goes out there, at least 20 people have some amount of influence on him. His mother has more influence than anyone. I know because I played, and I loved my mama."
"If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes real good, you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games."
"In life, you'll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it."
"You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load."
"The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think about it."
"Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half."
"One man doesn't make a team. It takes 11."
"If you were to ask me if football is a coach's game, I'd have to say it is. And always was."
"I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad."
"The first thing a football coach needs when he's starting out is a wife who's willing to put up with a whole lot of neglect. The second thing is a five-year contract."
"The alumni are starting to grumble, and I'm the one starting it."
"No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts."
"There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives."
"I don't care how much talent a team has -- if the boys don't think tough, practice tough, and live tough, how can they play tough on Saturday?."
"Winning isn't imperative, but getting tougher in the fourth quarter is."
"I had to leave Texas. As long as Gordon Wood was there, I could never be the best coach in the state."
"Boys, I'd like to introduce you to Coach Wallace Wade. He's the man responsible for the great tradition of Alabama football."
"When we have a good team, I know it's because we have boys that come from good mommas and poppas."
"Age has nothing to do with it. You can be out of touch at any age."
"The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards."

The Cracked Pot

A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the masters house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water in his masters house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect to the end for which it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.
After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you." "Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed of?" "I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your masters house. Because of my flaws you have to do all of this work, and you don't get full value from your efforts" the pot said.
The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion he said," As we return to the master's house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path." Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it some. But at the end of the trail, it still felt bad because it had leaked out half its load, and so again the Pot apologized to the bearer for its failure. The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path but not on the other pots side? That's because I have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back from the stream, you've watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my master's table. Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house."
Each of us has our own unique flaws. We are all cracked pots. But if we will allow it, the Lord will use our flaws to grace His Father's table. In God's great economy, nothing goes to waste. Don't be afraid of your flaws. Acknowledge them, and you too can be the cause of beauty. Know that in our weakness we find our strength.
(Author Unknown)

Reach For Your Star

Do not take anything as being forever, because forever is only as long as today.

Know that the people who are the richest are not those who have the most, but those who need the least.

That we are at our strongest when life is at it's worst, and at our weakest when life no longer offers a challenge.

That it is wiser not to expect, but to hope, for in expecting you ask for disappointment, whereas in hoping you invite surprise.

That unhappiness doesn't come from not having something you want, but from the lack of something inside that you need.

That there are things to hold and things to let go. and letting go doesn't mean you lose, but that you acquire that which has been waiting around the corner.

Most of all......
remember to use your dreams as a way of knowing yourself better, and as an inspiration to reach for
Your Star!

Author: Nancye Sims

The Handwriting On the Wall

A weary mother returned from the store, Lugging groceries through the kitchen door.
Awaiting her arrival was her eight-year-old son, eager to relate what his younger brother had done.
"While I was out playing and Dad was on a call, T.J. took his crayons and wrote on the wall! It's on the new paper you just hung in the den. I told him you'd be mad at having to do it again."
She let out a moan and furrowed her brow. "Where is your little brother right now?"
She emptied her arms and with a purposeful stride, she marched to his closet where he had gone to hide.
She called his full name as she entered his room. He trembled with fear -- he knew that meant doom!
For the next ten minutes, she ranted and raved about the expensive wallpaper and how she had slaved.
Lamenting all the work it would take to repair, She condemned his actions and total lack of care.
The more she scolded, the madder she got. She then stomped from his room, totally distraught!
She headed for the den to confirm her fears. When she saw the wall, her eyes flooded with tears.
The message she read pierced her soul
with a dart. It said, "I love Mommy," surrounded by a heart.
Well, the wallpaper remained, just as she found it, With an empty picture frame hung to surround it.
A reminder to her, and indeed to all..
Take time to read the handwriting on the wall !!!

No More "Buts"

       Peeking out from the corner of my desk blotter is a note, slowly yellowing and bent from time. It is a card from my mother, containing only four sentences. In it, she praises my abilities as a writer without qualification.
       Each sentence is full with love, offering specific examples of what my pursuit has meant to her and my father. The word never appears on the card, however the word and is there almost a half dozen times.
       Every time I read it - which is almost every day - I am reminded to ask myself if I am doing the same thing for my daughters. I've asked myself how many times I've but-ted them, and me, out of happiness. I hate to say that it's more often than I'd like to admit.
       Although our eldest daughter usually got all A's on her report card, there was never a semester when at least one teacher would not suggest that she talked too much in class. I always forgot to ask them if she was making improvement in controlling her behavior, if her comments contributed to the discussion in progress or encouraged a quieter child to talk. Instead, I would come home and greet her with, Congratulations! Your Dad and I are very proud of your accomplishment, but could you try to tone it down in class?
       The same was true of our younger daughter. Like her sister, she is a lovely, bright, articulate and friendly child. She also treats the floor of her room and the bathroom as a closet, which has provoked me to say on more than one occasion, "Yes, that project is great, but clean up your room!"
      I've noticed that other parents do the same thing. "Our whole family was together for Christmas, but Kyle skipped out early to play his new computer game. The hockey team won, but Mike should have made that last goal. Amy's the homecoming queen, but now she wants $200 to buy a new dress and shoes. But, but, but.
     Instead, what I learned from my mother is that if you really want love to flow to your children, start thinking and, and, and... instead. For example: Our whole family was together for Christmas dinner, and Kyle mastered his new computer game before the night was through. The hockey team won, and Mike did his best the whole game. Amy's the homecoming queen, and she's going to look gorgeous!
      The fact is that "but" feels bad - "and" feels good. And when it comes to our children, feeling good is definitely the way to go. When they feel good about themselves and what they are doing, they do more of it, building their self-confidence, their judgment and their harmonious connections to others. When everything they say, think or do is qualified or put down in some way, their joy sours and their anger soars.
     This is not to say that children don't need or won't respond to their parents' expectations. They do and they will, regardless of whether those expectations are good or bad. When those expectations are consistently bright and positive and then are taught, modeled and expressed, amazing things happen. "I see you made a mistake. And I know you are intelligent enough to figure out what you did wrong and make a better decision next time." Or, "You've been spending hours on that project, and I'd love to have you explain it to me." Or, "We work hard for our money, and I know you can help figure out a way to pay for what you want."
      It's not enough just to say we love our children. In a time when frustration has grown fierce, we can no longer afford to limit love's expression. If we want to tone down the sound of violence in our society, we're going to have to turn up the volume on noticing, praising, guiding and participating in what is right with our children.
      No more buts! is a clarion call for joy. It's also a challenge, the opportunity fresh before us every day to put our attention on what is good and promising about our children, and to believe with all our hearts that they will eventually be able to see the same in us and the people with whom they will ultimately live, work and serve.
      And if I ever forget, I have my mother's note to remind me.

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