"MOTIVATION"




"The fact that we have failed before in trying should not deter us from trying again.
It will not deter me."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Martha Crentsil --- Accra, Ghana



"Most people achieved their greatest success one step beyond what looked like their greatest failure."
Brian Tracy



"Achievement is not when you complete what you wanted to do, but when you accomplish what you dreamed of doing."
Copyright © 2004 John Glueck



"My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win. Channel your energy. Focus."
Carl Lewis





"Just do what you do best."
Red Auerbach



"Good teams become great ones, when the members trust each other enough to surrender the me for thewe."
Phil Jackson --- Submitted by Diana T., Age 16 --- Utah
This quote taught me the true meaning of selflessness and trusting every single player on your team without the slightest doubt in your heart.



"I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability; it was my mental ability."
Bruce Jenner



"We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings."
Abraham Maslow



"It is not so important who starts the game but who finishes it."
John Wooden



"No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come."
Victor Hugo --- Submitted by Amiya Sharma --- Delhi, India



"When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality."
Joe Paterno



"Courage is not a lack of fear, but the ability to act while facing fear."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.C., Age 16 --- California



"Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it forindividual glory. They did it because they loved one another."
Vince Lombardi



"Victories are for the present; lessons learned are for a lifetime."
Copyright © 2004 Che' Jones, College Basketball Coach



"Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish."
Jean De La Fontaine