Who Said It?
"Failing to prepare is preparing to fail." ~ John Wooden, 1910-2010, Basketball Coach at UCLA
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady.
"The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard everyday, that I never dog it." ~ Wayne Gretzky, Canadian Hockey Player
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” Jim Valvano, Basketball Coach
"Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy." Wayne Gretzky, Canadian Hockey Player
"If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting." Dick Vermeil, Football Coach
"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile." Vince Lombardi, Football Coach
How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal, and you have to be willing to work for it." Jim Valvano, Basketball Coach
"It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle." Richard DeVos
"It doesn't matter if you try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again." Charles Kettering
"You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation." Homer Rice
"Commitment to the team-there is no such thing as in-between, you are either in or out." Pat Riley
"The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders" Vince Lombardi
"The only way to maximize potential for performance is to be calm in mind" Brian Sipe
"Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you." John Wooden
"When I play, I'm boiling inside. I just try not to show it because it's a lack of composure, and if you give in to your emotions after one loss, you're liable to have three or four in a row." Chris Evert