“Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.”
-Phil Jackson
Persistence
“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.”
– Lance Armstrong
Achievement
“Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.”
-John Wooden
Determination
“If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?”
-Joe Namath
Selflessness
“The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”
—Nelson Henderson
Perseverance
“Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.”
– Ted Williams
Commitment
“Win if you can, lose if you must, but NEVER QUIT!”
-Cameron Trammell
Excellence
“Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.”
-Pat Riley
Excellence
“Make each day your masterpiece.”
-John Wooden
Perseverance
“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”
-Michael Jordan
Discipline
“Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.”
– Lou Holtz
Accomplishment
“Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.”
—Yoda
Confidence
“If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.”
-Carl Lewis
Poise
“Show me a guy who’s afraid to look bad, and I’ll show you a guy you can beat every time.”
-Lou Brock
Vision
“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”
– Michael Jordan
Vision
“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
Persistence
“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”
-Matt Biondi
Growth
“If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough.”
—Mario Andretti
Attitude
“The more I want to get something done the less I call it work.”
—Richard Bach
Attitude
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal. Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong attitude.”
—Thomas Jefferson
