"The first rule of sports: Never blame the refs."-Erin Flinders
"...but you can't say the ref doesn't make a difference."-Carolyn Flinders
"Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding."-Jim Valvano
"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."-John Wooden
"Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them—a desire, a dream, a vision."-Muhammad Ali
"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination."-Tommy Lasorda
"Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal."-Vince Lombardi
"It's not the disability that defines you; its how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with. We have an obligation to the abilities we DO have, not the disability."-Jim Abbott
"A champion is someone who gets up when he can't."-Jack Dempsey
"Adversity cause some men to break; others to break records."-William A. Ward
"If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it." -Ronnie Lott
"Make the present good, and the past will take care of itself."-Knute Rockne
"You miss 100% of the shots you never take."-Wayne Gretzky
"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve."-Napoleon Hill
"Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be."-Mike Ditka
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog." -Archie Griffen
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”- John Wooden
“Competitive sports are played mainly on a five-and-a-half inch court, the space between your ears”-Bobby Jones
“Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.”-Muhammad Ali
“In the end, it’s extra effort that separates a winner from second place. But winning takes a lot more than that, too. It starts with complete command of the fundamentals. Then it takes desire, determination, discipline, and self-sacrifice. And, finally, it takes a great deal of love, fairness and respect for your fellow man. Put all these together, an even if you don’t win, how can you lose?” -Jesse Owens
"The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender." - Vince Lombardi "Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way." - Satchel Paige
"The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective. "- Al Neuharth
"At one point in your life you either have the thing you want or the reasons why you don't."-Andy Roddick
"One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't."-Norman Vincent Peale
"...but you can't say the ref doesn't make a difference."-Carolyn Flinders
"Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding."-Jim Valvano
"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."-John Wooden
"Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them—a desire, a dream, a vision."-Muhammad Ali
"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination."-Tommy Lasorda
"Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal."-Vince Lombardi
"It's not the disability that defines you; its how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with. We have an obligation to the abilities we DO have, not the disability."-Jim Abbott
"A champion is someone who gets up when he can't."-Jack Dempsey
"Adversity cause some men to break; others to break records."-William A. Ward
"If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it." -Ronnie Lott
"Make the present good, and the past will take care of itself."-Knute Rockne
"You miss 100% of the shots you never take."-Wayne Gretzky
"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve."-Napoleon Hill
"Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be."-Mike Ditka
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog." -Archie Griffen
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”- John Wooden
“Competitive sports are played mainly on a five-and-a-half inch court, the space between your ears”-Bobby Jones
“Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.”-Muhammad Ali
“In the end, it’s extra effort that separates a winner from second place. But winning takes a lot more than that, too. It starts with complete command of the fundamentals. Then it takes desire, determination, discipline, and self-sacrifice. And, finally, it takes a great deal of love, fairness and respect for your fellow man. Put all these together, an even if you don’t win, how can you lose?” -Jesse Owens
"The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender." - Vince Lombardi "Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way." - Satchel Paige
"The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective. "- Al Neuharth
"At one point in your life you either have the thing you want or the reasons why you don't."-Andy Roddick
"One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't."-Norman Vincent Peale