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Motivational Quotes

Words of Wisdom for your Quest!

 
"Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do"
Bruce Lee

"For me, my Quiver contains not only plenty of arrows but a battle axe, a dagger a bazooka, a fountain pen and a peace pipe."         William Holland

"I love staring Death in the face and demanding Life!"
Sun Ce ~ 14th Century Chinese Warrior

"To be a great Champion, you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are" Muhammad Ali

"If you want to win the war, then work your bloomin guns"   Rudyard Kipling

"Without dreams, records would go forever unbroken!"      William Holland

"I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work, the luckier I get"                  Thomas Jefferson

"Success is how you bounce when you hit bottom!   General George Patton

"You can either complain about burning the candle at both ends or you can go out and get some more wax!           William Holland

"It's not the size of the dog in the fight it's the size of the fight in the dog"
Archie Griffin - 5'8" Heisman Trophy Winner

"Champions make habits out of what others avoid and avoid what others make habits"
William Holland

"A Smart Man Knows his limitations. . . and Ignores Them!"
Slogan on Nike T-Shirt

"The road to easy street goes through the sewer.     John Madden

"If you ever dream of beating me, you better wake up and apologize!"   Muhammad Ali

"One sure way to increase your Wins is to play like you have nothing to lose"
William Holland

"The moment of Victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else"
Martina Navratilova

"The harder I work the luckier I get"       Stephen Leacock

"Losers are easy to recognize by the way they criticize the winners!"   William Holland

"The five S's of Sport are Strength, Stamina, Speed, Skill and Spirit. The greatest of these is Spirit"                                                 KenDoherty

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage in attacking it"

"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the one who will win"  Roger Bannister

"The road to success is always under construction"       Arnold Palmer

"Chance favors the prepared mind"     Louis Pasteur

"Do what you can, where you are with what you've got" Teddy Roosevelt

"My barn having burned to the ground, I can now see the moon"   Anonymous

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step" Chinese Proverb

"My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure"                                               Abraham Lincoln

"If I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself!"     Mickey Mantle

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to chase it down with a club"
Jack London

"Opportunities multiply as they are seized"       Sun Tzu

"If there is no wind. . . row!"      Latin Proverb

"Champions are usually the first to arrive, the last to leave and take the most advantage of each moment in between"     
 William Holland

"Wherever you are. . . be there!"      Emerson

"A man who says it cannot be done should not interrupt a man doing it!"   Chinese Proverb

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake"      Napoleon Bonaparte

"Never be satisfied with good when better is possible"   William Holland

"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe"      Abraham Lincoln

"Attacking is more powerful than defending"     Sun Tzu

"No pressure... no Diamonds!"      Mary Case

"Three failures denote uncommon strength. A weakling has not enough grit to fail thrice."
Minna Thomas Antrim

"Everything in moderation is the creed of the perennial runner up" William Holland

"If you don't do what's best for your body, your'e the one who comes up short in the end"  Dr  J

"I've always felt that it is not up to anyone else to make me give my best" Akeem Olajuwon

"Yeah, he's always in pain. Except between the first and ninth innings"                                 Dave Bristol on Sandy Koufax

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare. It is because we do not dare that things are difficult"       Seneca

"Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak a sunrise past a rooster"   Joe Adcock

"To depend strictly on defense means that there is not enough strength of purpose in your heart" Sun Tzu

"Excess on occassion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit"                                W. Somerset Maugham

"Championships and gold medals are won in the extra hours in the gym and on the practice field on those days that you really didn't want to go" William Holland

 

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"It's a job that never started that takes the longest to finish"      J.R.R. Tolklien

"Come to the edge" he said. They said "We are afraid" "Come to the edge" he said again.
They came. He pushed them . . . and they flew." Guillaume Apollinaire

Some people train knowing they're not working as hard as other people. I can't fathom how they think. -    Alberto Salazar  Champion Marathon Runner

"It took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course"  Hank Aaron

"If you want to taste the fruit, you better climb the ladder or shake the tree"
William Holland

"The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion"                       Jean Claude Killy

"Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again"   Henry Ford

"Why should a peace loving family man study the martial arts?  The thorn defends the rose and harms only those who would steal its blossom". David Chow

"All Greatness is achieved while performing outside of your comfort zone" Greg Arnold

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"Progress always involves risk. You cannot steal second base and keep your foot on first"      Fred Wilcox

"The first thing to do is love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours!"   Peggy Fleming

"It's not necessarily the amount of time spent at practice that counts. It's what you put into the practice"     Eric Lindros

 "Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising everytime we fall"
Anonymous

"This is not the time for ease and comfort, this is the time to dare and endure"
Winston Churchill

"The only person who can tell you "you cant" is you. And you don't have to listen"   Nike"

"Nobody ever drowned in sweat!"      U.S. Marine Slogan

"There are some defeats more triumphant than victories!" Michael de Montaigne

"Kites rise highest against the wind not with it" Winston Churchill

"Competitive Sports are played mostly on a five and a half inch court. The space between your ears"      Bobby Jones

"Victory is the quality of the competition. Not the final score"   Mike Marshall

"Champions take responsibility. When the ball is coming over the net, you can be sure I want it"  Billie Jean King

"I have only one superstition. Touch all the bases when I hit a home run"  Babe Ruth

"Dreams are where we want to end up. Goals are how we get there" Rick Pitino

"Nothing is stronger than habit"    Ovid

"If you wait for all the lights to be green, you will never get out of the driveway! William Holland

"One may not reach the dawn save by the passage of night" Khalil Gilbran

"The difficult we do now. The impossible will take a little longer"
World War II SeaBees motto

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"Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle"
Abraham Lincoln

"It is easier to start well than finish well" Plautus

"It is not a successful climb unless you enjoy the journey"  Dan Benson

"The intelligent warrior has many arrows in his quiver and a sharp sword and a knife hidden for desperate times"        William Holland

 "Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquility"               Billie Jean King

 "If you wanna get better, concentrate on the areas you'd rather not. Force yourself to work on  the weak link. Physically. Mentally. But most of all, repeatedly"                Nike