MOTIVATE YOURSELF & OTHERS
LIVE YOUR LIFE ON PURPOSE
 

" Practice makes better,
Perfect practice makes a lot better,
Practicing with your heart makes perfect!"

" Practice like a champion today, and practice like a champion tomorrow, and soon you won't have to practice "like" a champion, but rather "as" a champion."


" The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give."
Howard Cosell

" Winning is the science of being totally prepared."


" Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands."
Seneca


" Winners win from the inside out;
commitment is the first step!"


" Winners do it as if to prove it,
Then they teach it to someone else."
Copyright © 2002 by Mark Haymaker



" Not trying is wondering your whole life,
whether you were good enough."


" You don't get to be number 1 by aspiring to be number 2."


" Dream and dare.
Let no one demoralize you.
Do not allow anyone to deter you.
Pursue your goal even in the face of difficulties.
Convert difficulties into opportunities;
for difficulties are divine surgeries to make you better and not bitter."


" We all are ACHIEVERS; we achieve according to our level of BELIEFS.
We all are WINNERS; we win according to our level of PERSEVERANCE."


" Failure is not an option. If you want to make your dreams come true.......think it, live it, breathe it, taste it. "You" will make it happen."
Copyright © 2002 Elisa Lipsky


" Clear your mind of can't."
Samuel Johnson


" This is what I worked for,
That is why I am here.
There is no turning back now,
There is No Fear."
Copyright © 2002 Marquis Allen


" To win, you have to put your head where you wouldn't normally put your feet!"
Copyright © 2002 Leigh Puttock


" Take your eyes off of the price and put it on the prize."


" Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt."
José Ortega y Gasset


" Talent will overcome hard work but when the talented work hard, they can overcome anything."
Copyright © 2002 Grant Ormerod


" Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work, equals miracles."
Bob Richards, Pole Vaulter


" Never assume that your enemy or competitor is relaxing...
...instead, know that they are doing whatever it takes to beat you."


" I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down."
Mia Hamm

" Don't fly; soar!"


"Winners Train - Losers Complain
Be a winner!"


" Believe in your strength and vision. Learn to repeat to yourself, 'it all depends on me.'"
Andre Gide

" Never give nor take an excuse."
Florence Nightingale

" Ambition doesn't come from outside; it must come from within. If you don't have a spark, you'll never have a flame."
Copyright © 2002 Allan R. Mohammed


" To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it."
Bunker Hunt


" Most people feel sad when other people, equally or lesser talented from them, show far better results. The reason for such a situation is simple - wrong priorities and incorrect benchmarking. The people who deliver know what is more important, given a choice. More than that, the people who get results set their own benchmarks and do not look for a peer/friend/competitor/rival as their benchmark. Once your benchmark is clear, getting there is automatic."
Copyright © 2002 Sriram Phaneswar


" Success is but a small sacrifice of time and effort."
Copyright © 2002 Clint L. Scott


" I've learned one important thing about living. I can do anything I think I can-but I can't do anything alone. Believe in the team!"


" Right now your opponent is working twice as hard to defeat you. Will you be ready?"
--- Author Unknown


" I've learned one important thing about living. I can do anything I think I can-but I can't do anything alone. Believe in the team!"


" Champions are great everyday, not just once a week!!"



" Motivation is like taking a bath;
If you stop doing it, you begin to stink!"
--- Zig Ziglar ---


" Winning isn't everything, neither is losing, but the only thing is doing your best."
--- Author Unknown


" I am building a fire and everyday that I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match."
--- Mia Hamm


" Being positive has only one side effect. It's catching!"
--- Copyright © 2002 Gary Vurnum


" If you lose, say little. If you win, say less; being humble is a great, great virtue!"
--- Author Unknown


" To be where you've never been before, You have to do what you've never done before." --- Copyright © 2002 Kgomotso Nkwe


" When you look back in time, it's not the wins and losses you will remember, but the people and the experience; so make the most of the time you have, for it will never be the same again."
--- Copyright © 2002 Kelly Moletress


" That's what learning is after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and what we take away from it that we never had before to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning."
--- Author Unknown ---


" Practice makes perfect,
So be careful what you practice."
--- W.E. Channing ---


" Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."
Muhammad Ali


" It takes practice and perseverance, but as long as I hold onto my dreams, I know they'll become a reality."
--- Florence Griffith-Joyner


"Perfect practice makes perfect."
--- Rick Pitino ---


" Everyone has a will to win, But very few people have the will to prepare to win. Purpose + Principle + Planning + Practice + Perseverance + Patience + Pride = Preparation"
--- Shiv Khera ---


" Nothing good comes easy, because nothing easy does any good!"


" Winning is not a sometimes thing, it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in awhile, you do them right all the time. Winning is Habit... Unfortunately, so is losing."
--- Author Unknown


" Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning will take care of itself."
--- Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant -


" Winning my have pain, but losing has no pleasure."
--- Copyright © 2000 Matt Purvis


" Those who said winning wasn't everything never won anything."
--- Mia Hamm


" Talent will overcome hard work but when the talented work hard, they can overcome anything."
Copyright © 2002 Grant Ormerod


" Winning isn't everything, It's the only thing."
--- Vince Lombardi ---


" When you cannot run any further, keep running.
When you cannot see yourself winning, win.
Because if you think of stopping, you will.
And if you see yourself losing, you will lose.
Never give up, for this is what your opponent wants you to do."
--- Author Unknown ---


" In life, there is no reset button. You play hard; you play to win!"
Rajiv Patel


" I have followed 3 principles in my life on working hard. These principles have never let me down.
1. Work hard.
2. There is no substitute for hard work.
3. Hard work always pays."
--- Copyright © 2001 Enoch Stephen


" There are no secrets to success: Don't waste time looking for them.
Success is the result of perfection,
Hard work, learning from failure,
Loyalty to those for who you work and persistence."
--- General Colin Powell ---


"Success is a reward in itself, but the greatest reward of success is knowing you achieved it with hard work and dedication."


" Think the Unthinkable;
Believe the Unbelievable;
Reach the Unreachable,
Only with HARD WORK."
--- Copyright © 2001 Niranjan Kumar Sunkari

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