“There may be times in our lives when rising up and continuing on may seem beyond our own ability. . . Even when we think we cannot rise up, there is still hope. And sometimes we just need someone to look us in the eyes, take our hand, and say, ‘You can do it now!'”
– Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘don’t quit’. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.”
– Muhammad Ali*
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.”
– Vince Lombardi*
“Champions aren’t made in the ring, they’re recognized there. What you cheat on in the early light of the morning will show up in the ring under the bring lights.”
– Joe Frazier*
“There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It’s up to you to decide what to do with them.”
– Jimmy Valvano*
“We get one opportunity in life, one chance at life to do whatever you’re going to do, and lay your foundation, and make whatever mark you’re going to make. Whatever legacy you’re going to leave – Leave your legacy!”
– Ray Lewis*
“I’m not afraid to die on a treadmill. I will not be out-worked, period. You might have more talent than me; you might be smarter than me; you might be sexier than me… But if we get on the treadmill together, there’s two things: You’re getting off first, or I’m going to die. It’s really that simple.”
– Will Smith*
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
– Marianne Williamson*
“When things got hard, you started looking for something to blame. Like a big shadow. Let me tell you something you already know. The world’s aren’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it… You’ve gotta hit as hard as life. It isn’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much can you take and keep moving forward? That’s how winning is done… If you know what you’re worth, go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits. And not pointing fingers saying you aren’t where you wanna be because of him or her or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that.”
– Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone)*
“Success is my only option, failure’s not.”
– Eminem*
“Things may come to those who wait, but only things left by those who hustle.”
– Abraham Lincoln*
“You want me to do something, tell me I can’t do it.”
– Maya Angelou*
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
– Benjamin Franklin*
“Be Humble. Be Hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.”
– Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
“If something stands between you and your success, move it. Never be denied.”
– Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson*
“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”
– Dwight D. Eisenhower*
“Pain is temporary; quitting is forever.”
– Lance Armstrong*
“What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve”
– Napoleon Hill*
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the door of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because the ere is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
– Theodore Roosevelt*
“There are 3 types of people: winners, losers, and winners who have not discovered how to win yet.”
– Les Brown*
“Sometimes you have to believe in somebody’s belief in you, until your own belief of yourself kicks in.”
– Les Brown*
“The Lord must have loved ordinary people because he made so many of us. That thought may get you a little down. But let me tell you this. Every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary people accomplish extraordinary things.”
– Jim Valvano*
“Live for nothing or die for something. Your call.”
– Rambo (Sylvester Stallone)*
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.”
– Zig Ziglar*
“Don’t ever let someone tell you that you can’t do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. When people can’t do something themselves, they’re gonna tell you that you can’t do it. You want something, go get it. Period.”
– Will Smith*
“Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words, and your faith stronger than your feelings.”
– Unknown
“You will not win cuz I will not lose.”-
Roy Jones, Jr.*
“More powerful than the fear of death is the will to win.”
– Unknown
“A champion is not always a consistent winner.”
– Unknown
“Pain is weakness leaving the body.”
– Unknown
“Unless someone can look into the core of your heart, and see the degree of your passion, or look into the depths of your soul and see the extent of your will, then they have no business telling you what you can or cannot achieve. Because while they may know the odds, they do not know you. Not do they know the power of your angels.”
– Sandra King*
“When the need to succeed is as bad as the need to breathe, then you’ll be successful.”
– Eric Thomas*
“Success isn’t owned, it’s leased. And rent is due every day.”
– JJ Watt*
