Our Inspiration

Think big, believe big, act big and the results will be  big.
-Anonymous

So much of life passes without our being in it at all. Make every day count.
-George Sheehan

Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts.
-Steve Prefontaine

What I have lost I can afford to lose. What I have gained is something I cannot do without.
-George Sheehan

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
—Michael Jordan

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
—John Wooden

If you train hard, you’ll not only be hard, you’ll be hard to beat.
—Herschel Walker

The minute you start talking about what you’re going to do if you lose, you have lost.
—George Shultz

You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.
—A J Kitt

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.
—Archie Griffen, two-time Heisman winner ( 5’9’’)

There’s no substitute for guts.
—Paul “Bear” Bryant

The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the others willing to let them.
—Robert Frost

Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
—Will Rogers

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
—Samuel Johnson

Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.
—Ray Knight

I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.
—Gale Sayers

It’s not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it’s what you put into the practice.
—Eric Lindros

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

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.
—Mark Twain

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
—Amelia Earhart

Show me a guy who’s afraid to look bad, and I’ll show you a guy you can beat every time.
—Lou Brock

If at first you don’t succeed, you are running about average.
—M.H. Alderson

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

It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.
—John Wooden

Before you can win a game, you have to not lose it.
—Chuck Noll, ex-Pittsburgh Steelers Coach

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.
—Vincent T. Lombardi

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
—Robert F. Kennedy

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

The best inspiration is not to outdo others, but to outdo ourselves.
—Anonymous

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

Winning isn’t everything, wanting to is.
—Anonymous

If you don’t do what’s best for your body, you’re the one who comes up on the short end.
—Julius Erving

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

 


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