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Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We. — Phil Jackson

All sports are games of inches. — Dick Ritger

Play every game as if your job depended on it. It just might. — Casey Stengel

There is no such thing as life in-between. — Pat Riley

Character is what you do when no one is watching. — Paul Rabil

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it. — Mary Lou Retton

There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt. — Bill Parcells

If I can slow it down in my mind, things will be fine. — Aaron Rodgers

Sports are 90% inspiration and 10% perspiration. — Johnny Miller

Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right. — Pat Summitt

What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have. — Henry Ward Beecher

Failure is the foundation of success: success is the lurking place of failure. — Laozi

Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it. — Ted Williams

Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed. — Jim Valvano

When you're prepared, you're more confident. When you have a strategy, you're more comfortable. — Fred Couples

We try to stress the little things because little things lead to big things. — Steve Alford

The burn is my girlfriend, failure is my ex. I'm married to the track and engaged to success. — Andre Bramble

Don't dwell on mistakes, because it will only cause more. — Ned Crotty

I have an uncompromising relationship with my goals. — Diana Nyad

In the 8th inning you can't hear the roar of the 9th, all you can do to hold yourself together, and trust. — Jim Abbott

If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting. — Dick Vermeil

We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year. — Bill Walsh

This season isn't going to be without several crises. There's no doubt about it. They're coming. — Bill Parcells

I don't believe in looking back. If you make a decision that you think is the proper one at a time, then that's the correct decision. — John Wooden

I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing. — Larry Bird

Smile well and often, it makes people wonder what you've been up to. — Satchel Paige

I have no regrets because I know I did my best - all I could do. — Midori Ito

Channel your energy. Focus. — Carl Lewis

I'm just taking advantage of good pitches. I am seeing the ball well and my confidence is high. — Jose Bautista

We were over-whelming underdogs. — Yogi Berra

I miss all the shots I don't take. — Wayne Gretzky

I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don't have any regard for anyone else's perception. — Bill Parcells

People don't have to like or support you. So you always have to say thank you. — Ruben Studdard

A guy who gives you less than what he has to give is, one, telling you what he thinks of you, and two, telling you what he thinks of himself. — Pete Carril

I wouldn't give one iota to make a trip from the cradle to the grave unless I could live in a competitive world. — Adolph Rupp

Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average. — Jim Rohn

Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers. — Pat Riley

The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal. — Francie Larrieu Smith

It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day. — Willie Mays

Before every shot, I go to the movies — Jack Nicklaus

It is how you show up at the showdown that counts. — Homer H. Norton

You've got to go through hell ... Before you get to heaven ... Let's do 10 more — Frank Giampaolo

I'm trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can't worry about someone else's house. — Bill Parcells

If a person has enough desire, he will acquire the talent, he will build his skills. — Bobby Unser

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't. — Jerry Rice

We're not playing solitaire out here. — Bill Parcells

Success is failure with the dirt brushed off. — Mamie McCullough

In life, be a participant, not a spectator. — Lou Holtz

I am still young. I have a lot of time. And if someone breaks my records in the future, I won't cry. That's sport. — Noureddine Morceli

If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters. — Michael Owen

You don t get the breaks unless you play with the team instead of against it. — Lou Gehrig

A true friend sees the good in everything, and brings out the best in the worst of things. — Sasha Azevedo

I play with a fear of letting my team down. That's what motivates me. — Jonny Wilkinson

Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them. They are not barriers anymore. — Lasse Viren

The coach is the team, and the team is the coach. You reflect each other. — Darrell Royal

Every passion has its destiny. — Billy Mills

Look, when you are starting to put something together, you want the pudding to come out good. You're trying to put in the right ingredients. — Bill Parcells

Losers quit when they're tired. Winners quit when they've won. — Mike Ditka

Only through training will a person learn his own weaknesses ... He who is aware of his weaknesses will remain master of himself in any situation. — Gichin Funakoshi

As a coach, your high standards of performance, attention to detail and - above all - how hard you work set the stage for how your players perform. — Don Shula

Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

I don't think I'm unbeatable, nobody is — Leisel Jones

Whatever is going on inside your head has everything to do with how well you end up performing. — D.C. Gonzalez

You carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up - and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win. — Vince Lombardi

Falling and getting back up is what brings you success. — Tony Horton

You never stay the same. You either get better or you get worse. — Jon Gruden

You measure a player from the head up. — Al McGuire

We had a lot of adversity, but we found a way. — Matt Holliday

One man cannot make a team. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there. — Bo Jackson

The more time you put into practicing, then, the greater the payoff. — Daniel Goleman

I told you all I was going to be No. 1, and I did just that. — Usain Bolt

Any penalty - I've told you a hundred times - can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment. — Bill Parcells

If there has not been such a thing as gymnastics, I would have had to invent it because I feel at one with the sport. — Olga Korbut

Always think of passing the ball before shooting it. — John Wooden

Fear causes people to draw back from situations. It brings on mediocrity, it dulls creativity, it sets one up to be a loser in life. — Fran Tarkenton

It ain't what you eat but how you chew it. — Delbert McClinton

I feel like Aaron brings out the best in me — Michael Phelps

Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body. — Lynn Jennings

No wrong in aiming or applauding the win but always agnize one's efforts. — Mohith Agadi

Rarely has a new player on the game captured so much attention so fast. — Auliq Ice

A person really doesn't become whole, until he becomes a part of something that's bigger than himself. — Jim Valvano

Always have a 'Plan C — Zoltan Andrejkovics

Be cool to the pizza dude. — Steele Stanwick

Commitment to the team - there is no such thing as in-between, you are either in our out. — Pat Riley

I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me piece of mind. — Peyton Manning

The one that works the hardest comes out on top. — Debbie Meyer

I don't like celebrity quarterbacks. We don't need those. We need battlefield commanders. — Bill Parcells

You have to train your mind like you train your body. — Bruce Jenner

There are a lot of guys who are respected but not liked. — Ron Santo

I fight for perfection — Mike Tyson

I believe the brain is like a muscle - like any other it can be improved. — Ivan Lendl

If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team. — Bud Wilkinson

I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you've been beaten down a few times. — Bill Parcells

Concentration is born on the practice court ... you must mentally treat your practice sessions as matches, concentrating on every ball you hit. — Martina Navratilova

With goals you can create the future in advance. — Tony Robbins

NO MAN CAN AVOID BEING BORN AVERAGE, BUT NO MAN HAS TO STAY AVERAGE. — Satchel Paige

If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are. — Bear Bryant

The time to worry is before you place the bet - not after the wheel is spinning. Once it spins, you forget about it. — Bill Parcells

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. — Muhammad Ali