·        You play the game with the hands and feet, but you win with the HEAD and the HEART.

·        Complete with yourself: The real measure of success is not what you can do compared to others, but rather compared to your own potential.

·        Little things make perfection but perfection is no little thing.

·        The question is not what, we have but more importantly how much of what we have are we willing to give.

·        Accomplishments are most meaningful when shared with others.

·        Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

·        Change your thoughts and change your world.

·        Details make the difference.

·        The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.

·        Don’t mistake activity for achievement.

·        Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.

·        If you are willing to sacrifice it can be done.

·        If you give your best you can accept the results.

·        I enjoy seeing my teammate succeed.

·        It’s hard by the yard, but a cinch by the inch.

·        It is more productive to give than to receive.

·        More than yesterday, but less than tomorrow.

·        My toughest opponent: Myself!

·        Secret to success: Forming the habit of doing the things that most people don’t like to do.

·        I understand percentages, thus failure is not defeat, but rather percentages at work.

·        I will be prepared when my chance comes.

·        The athlete with “freedom” can perform in the clutch because they do not experience the tenseness and over-anxiety that marks the self-centered player.

·        The “Big Time” is where you are.

·        The body manifests what the mind harbors.

·        The company you keep indicates the direction that you are going.

·        The difference between most players is not so great that intelligence and hard work cannot overcome it.

·        The greatest strength is heart power!

·        The main ingredient in stardom is the rest of the team.

·        The Quality of life is in proportion to your commitment.

·        The successful athlete has a competitive but friendly attitude toward their opponents.

·        The freedom to lose is a key ingredient in learning how to win.

·        The person who is not afraid of failure seldom has to face it.

·        Thankfulness is expressed by the way we live.

·        We don’t have to, we want to.

·        What was hard to endure is sweet to recall.

·        Winning is a by-product of excellence in every detail of preparation.

·        Winning is the science of being totally prepared.

·        You can tell the size of a person by what it takes to discourage them.

·        You don’t have to be the best, but you do have to do your best.

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