Quotes

Mary Lou Retton

2013-07-15T18:30:00.001-07:00

You get self-satisfaction from pushing yourself to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.

As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given.

Be cocky. Walk into the Georgia Dome like you own it.

George Foreman

2013-07-15T18:22:00.001-07:00

-I'm working for the Lord, & even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is.

-Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.

-I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.

-Put your name on something, it better be the best... you only get one shot.

-I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring.

-I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.

Arthur Ashe

2013-07-15T17:35:00.001-07:00

Arthur Ashe

It's not the urge to surpass all other at whatever the cost but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

John Maxwell

2013-06-19T16:43:00.002-07:00

“Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.”

"The secret of your success is found in your daily routine."

"Change is inevitable. Growth is Optional."

"Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it."

"People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care."

"You dont overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger."

"If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone."

Every Time

2012-12-20T11:33:00.002-08:00

"Every time you stay out late; every time you sleep in; every time you miss a workout; every time you don't give 100%- You make it that much easier for me to beat you."
-Unknown

Emily Post

2012-12-20T11:30:00.004-08:00

“If you are hurt, whether in mind or body, don’t nurse your bruises. Get up and light-heartedly, courageously, good temperedly get ready for the next encounter. This is the only way to take life – this is also ‘playing’ the game!”–Emily Post

William Arthur Ward

2012-12-20T11:28:00.000-08:00

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "Thank You?"

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

2012-12-20T11:20:00.000-08:00

"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."

"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent."

"Its simple, if it jiggles, its fat."

"I'll be back..."

Love Quotes

2012-11-18T20:07:00.002-08:00

To live is to love. There is no life without love.

Love is like rain...when it will come... no body knows.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Love makes your mind feel like jello. It feels like mush because you are so in love. All you can think of its that one special person

I bet not even all the fireworks in the world can light up my world like you do

"Love is a thousand emotions joined together as one." Maryam Zahid

"You’re a thief that stole my heart" Jacksey Kawana

True love never dies. It only get STRONGER with time.

Love doesn't make the world go round. Love makes the ride worthwhile.

Love is friendship set on fire!!

Winston Churchill

2012-11-18T19:58:00.001-08:00

If your going through hell, keep going.

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is courage to continue that counts.

Continuous effort- not strength or intelligence- is the key to unlocking potential.

Never, Never, Never give up.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

Everyone has his day and some days last longer then others.

History is written by the victories.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further then you can see.

I like a man who grins when he fights.

T.S. Eliot

2012-11-18T19:37:00.001-08:00

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.
-T.S. Eliot

If you aren't over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
-T.S. Eliot

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
-T.S. Eliot

John Short

2012-11-18T19:26:00.003-08:00

What counts in battle is what you do when the pain sets in.
-John Short

Elvis Presley

2012-08-20T08:42:00.001-07:00

I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of expressing myself when I move around.

The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.

Whatever I will become will be what God has chosen for me.

After a hard day of basic training, you could eat a rattlesnake.

I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned.

Since the beginning, it was just the same. The only difference, the crowds are bigger now.

Misty May-Treanor

2012-08-02T14:03:00.002-07:00

I'm stronger than I think I am. Mentally, physically.

I know when things are going to get me a little nervous, because nervous to me feels good.

It's important to just kind of get away from your sport until you miss it. It's about taking time to enjoy other aspects of life or learn new things. It helps rejuvenate.

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I want to be known as a nice and normal person, but my skills are a little more excelled.

BIRTHDAY!!

2012-07-25T10:04:00.001-07:00

"All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much." George Harrison

"My golden words for your birthday… Smile while you still have teeth!" Unknown

"The way I see it, you should live everyday like its your birthday." Paris Hilton

"Be thankful your birthday comes just once a year… Think how old you would be if it came every month." Unknown

"You’re not getting older, you’re getting better." Unknown

"Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new." Sammy Hagar

"For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out." Steven Wright

"I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing 'Happy Birthday.'" Steven Wright

"It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me." Ellen Glasgow

"The more candles, the BIGGER the wish! Happy Birthday my friend!" Unknown

"Your birthday is a special time to celebrate the gift of ‘you’ to the world." Unknown

Taylor Swift

2012-07-23T18:31:00.001-07:00

“No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.”

“Being FEARLESS isn't being 100% Not FEARFUL, it's being terrified but you jump anyway...”

“Just be yourself, there is no one better.”

"I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about."

"There are no rules when it comes to love."

“I’m intimidated by the fear of being average.”

“People haven't always been there for me but music always has.”

“The lesson I've learned the most often in life is that you're always going to know more in the future than you know now.”

“Everytime you smile, I smile And everytime you shine, I'll shine for you.”

“Your lucky enough to be different, never change”

Tiger Woods

2012-07-22T07:23:00.000-07:00

I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant.

"You can always become better."

"Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter."

"I'm addicted. I'm addicted to golf."

"I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love."

"If money titles meant anything, I'd play more tournaments. The only thing that means a lot to me is winning. If I have more wins than anybody else and win more majors than anybody else in the same year, then it's been a good year."

"As a kid, I might have been psycho, I guess, but I used to throw golf balls in the trees and try and somehow make par from them. I thought that was fun."

Jim Rohn

2012-07-21T15:36:00.002-07:00

Jim Rohn has is Americas Foremost Business and Life Philosopher. Go to his website to learn more. I could learn from this man and read about his thoughts forever. Below are a few of my favorite quotes from Jim John. ENJOY!!

"Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better."

"It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go."

"If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree."

"We get paid for bringing value to the market place."

"You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour."

"Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."

"Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals."

"When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it."

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment."

"Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know."

"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live."

"Either you run the day or the day runs you."

"For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward."

"Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention."

"Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea."

"Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present."

"Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day."

Bradley Wiggins 2012 Tour

2012-07-21T08:08:00.000-07:00

That was my physical best out there ... It's probably my best time trial ever...SOURCE: SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 2012-07-10 16:56:00

"If someone had said to me three years ago that Bradley Wiggins would be favourite for the 2012 Tour, I would have said 'You are dreaming.'"

It’s never over until the fat lady sings, and she hasn’t entered the building yet. SOURCE: THE TIMES AND DEMOCRAT 2012-07-10 04:34:00

I do not want to get too carried away ... When you start dwelling on your successes, that when things can go wrong. We have to be very businesslike and get back to racing..SOURCE: COMPETITOR.COM 2012-07-09 18:56:00

I am just really proud of how I've handled all this. It could have been a disaster.

We'll see where we go from here. I don't think we had a plan to have two riders in the first three at this stage. SOURCE: TODAY ONLINE 2012-07-10 04:00:00

I've been saying since the start of the season that it was all about peaking for July. I was physically at my best out there. So yes, that was probably my best ever time trial.. SOURCE: BASQUE RADIO TELEVISION 2012-07-10 07:03:00

I was really motivated. The time trial is my thing. SOURCE: L.A. DAILY NEWS 2012-07-10 04:42:00

Time trialling is what I do best. SOURCE: THE AUSTRALIAN 2012-07-09 19:38:00

Bradley Wiggins has a few choice words for those who doubt racing can be clean. SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES 2012-07-09 04:27:00

I say they're just f------ wankers ... It justifies their own bone idleness because they can't imagine applying themselves to do anything in their lives. It's easy for them to sit under a pseudonym on Twitter and write that sort of shit, rather than get off their own arses in their own lives and apply themselves and work hard at something and achieve something. And that's ultimately what counts.. SOURCE: SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 2012-07-09 18:59:00

Muhammad Ali

2012-07-19T09:55:00.001-07:00

I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila.

I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

It's not bragging if you can back it up.

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.

What keeps me going is goals.

Ryan Lochte

2012-07-19T09:26:00.000-07:00

USA USA USA USA

I enjoy racing so much. Ever since I was 8 or 9, I trained every stroke, because it was the only way I could race a lot.

I hate to lose. I like winning.

The big picture is the Trials and Olympics. I just have to keep focused for that, keep moving forward.

I'm just going to go out there and try to win the race. When you go out there trying to go for a record, you're usually not going to get it.

I'm going to focus on speed, doing little things like my turns and my starts - just speed.

I might wear my pink Speedo. I think I should.

Just all that hard work, all those hours in the pool, I feel like it's about to pay off. I guess we'll just have to wait and see this summer.

I think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn't really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things.

I started eating healthier. I actually gave up fast food. I gave up candy and potato chips and everything else. I started watching what I ate.

I'm big into fashion, so after swimming, when I hang up the Speedo, I definitely want to get into fashion and start designing my own clothing line.

Olympic Games

2012-07-19T09:15:00.001-07:00

"The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself."
- Dawn Fraser (Australian swimmer, 3-time winner at the Olympics)

"For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth."
- Mary Lou Retton (American gymnast, 1984 Summer Olympics)

"An Olympic medal is the greatest achievement and honor that can be received by an athlete. I would swap any World Title to have won gold at the Olympics."
- Jeff Fenech (Australian boxer, 1984 Summer Olympics)

"The swimming and diving were held in part of the old moat ... it was the clammiest, darkest place and the water was frigid. "
- Alice Landon, American Diver, on facilities at the Antwerp Games of 1920

"One shouldn't be afraid to lose; this is sport. One day you win; another day you lose. Of course, everyone wants to be the best. This is normal. This is what sport is about. This is why I love it."
- Oksana Baiul, Olympic Gold Medalist

Michael Jordan

2012-07-17T23:00:00.000-07:00

Michael Jordan was always a role model of mine growing up. He is the best person to ever play the game of basketball. I believe that one reason why he was so good is from his attitude, dedication and passion to reach his goals. Many of his quotes below have helped me reach certain goals of mine and I hope they help you as well.

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.

I'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

Nancy Lopez

2012-07-13T20:23:00.001-07:00

“A winner will find a way to win. Winners take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves to be that much better. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as a reason to give up. It’s all a matter of pride.” – Nancy Lopez

Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those who are driven to show the world and prove to themselves just how good they are.

The simpler I keep things, the better I play.

Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.

Do your best, one shot at a time and then move on.

Tour de France

2012-07-11T10:12:00.002-07:00

In honor of the second week of the Tour De France this weeks Wednesday quotes are from cycling/tour riding. ENJOY!!

Ride your bike, ride your bike, ride your bike
Fausto Coppi
When a reporter asked him what it takes to become such a great champion.

When Lance first turned professional, it was like trying to put a hand brake on a raging bull.
Paul Sherwen
TDF commetator on Lance Armstrong.

Armstrong out of the saddle all of the time now, dancing on his pedals, keeping his perpetual cadence going that DESTROYS the bike riders around the world.
Phil Liggett
TDF commetator on Lance Armstrong.

You have to sprint on feeling, not thinking. You must have faith in yourself but you cannot think about it too much.
Jean Paul Van Poppel

Eat before you are hungry.
Drink before you are thirsty.
Rest before you are tired.
Cover up before you are cold.
Peel off before you are hot.
Don't drink or smoke on tour.
Never ride just to prove yourself.
Paul de Vivie, aka Velocio

It never gets easier, you just go faster.
Greg LeMond

I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore.
Eddy Merckx
After winning his first bike race.

Cycling is like a church - many attend, but few understand.
Jim Burlant

I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle it's not going to be satisfying.
Greg LeMond

"I always said I wanted to make history ... That means winning a lot of sprints, but there's not many better ways to make history than be part of a team that wins the Tour de France with a British rider." Team Sky News