Good Stuff

Will
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, nor a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi, Green Bay Packers

The Champion's Creed
We are not judged by the number of times we fail, but the number of times we succeed. And the number of times we succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times we can fail and keep trying. - Walt Disney

Goals
"Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan." - Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys

Heart
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog."
- Archie Griffin (5' 9") two-time Heisman Trophy Award Winner

Great Players
"Great players never look in the mirror and think, I'm the greatest player. Instead, they always ask themselves, Am I the very best player I can be?'" - Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls

Games
"Most games are lost, not won." - Casey Stengel, NY Yankees and NY Mets

Over
"The game isn't over till it's over." - Yogi Berra, NY Yankees

%
"Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical." - Yogi Berra, NY Yankees

Slump
"Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hittin." - Yogi Berra, NY Yankees

Observe
"You can observe a lot just by watchin'." - Yoggi Berra, NY Yankees

Keep Swinging
"My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging." - Hank Aaron, Atlanta Braves, All Time Home Run King

Success
"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand." - Vince Lombardi, Green Bay Packers

Winners
"The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do." - Dennis Waitley

Luck
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson

Together
"The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime." - Babe Ruth, NY Yankees

Learn
"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts." - John Wooden, UCLA Bruins

Passion
Once you've done the mental work, there comes a point where you have to throw yourself into the action and put your heart on the line. That means not only being brave, but being passionate towards yourself, your teammates and your opponents. - Phil Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers, 2000 World Champions

Believe & Achieve
"If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it." - Ronnie Lott, SF 49ers

Commitment
"There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either IN or you're OUT. There's no such thing in life as in-between." - Pat Riley, LA Lakers

Key
"Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks." - Joe Paterno, Penn State University

Winners
"Winners never quit and quitters never win." - Vince Lombardi, Green Bay Packers

Concentration
"Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary." - Ray Knight, Cincinnati Reds

Think
"How can you think and hit at the same time?" - Yogi Berra, NY Yankees

Total Effort
"I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win." - Arnold Palmer

Success
"Success is a journey, not a destination." - Ben Sweetland

Failures
"Failures are divided into two classes; those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought." - John Charles Solak

Risk
"Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first." - Frederick Wilcox

Success
"Sweat plus sacrifice equals success." - Charlie Finley, Oakland A's