Past Quotes of the Week
From the book 'If Winning Were Easy, Everyone Would Do It" by Doren & Jones

"Winning is great, but it's the long road to get there that makes it worthwhile."

Stan Smith

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"Winning doesn't always mean being first.  Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before."

Bonnie Blair
 

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"People don't fail because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit."

Les Brown

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"I missed more than 9,000 shots in my career.  I've lost almost 300 games.  Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed.  I've failed over and over again in my life.  And that is why I succeed."

Michael Jordan
Basketball Legend

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"I always practice as I intend to play."

Jack Nicklaus
Professional Golfer

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"The team with the best athletes doesn't usually win. It's the team with the athletes who play best together."

Lisa Fernandez
Star pitcher on the U.S. Olympic softball team that won the gold medal in Sydney

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"Never look where you're going. Always look where you want to go."

Bob Ernst
Rowing coach at the University of Washington

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"You accomplish victory step by step, not by leaps and bounds"

Lyn St. James
Indy race car driver

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"Believing in yourself is everything.  If you don't believe in what you can do, it's almost impossible to achieve it."

Sylvie Bernier
1984 Canadian Olympic Diving gold medalist

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"You don't have to be better than everybody else, you just have to be better than you ever thought you could be."

Ken Venturi
U.S. Open Golf Champion