QUOTATIONS:

Well done is better than well said......Ben Franklin

"Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"...Henry Ford

"The man who wins may have been counted out several times, but he didn't hear the referee"....H.E. Jansen

Everything comes to him who waits, if he WORKS while he waits.

When you're through improving, you're through.

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

You are not learning anything when you're talking, since you are merely repeating what you already know - you learn only by listening.

Your success can and will be just as tremendous as you THINK it can and should be.

"It's not whether you get knocked down. It's whether you get up again"...Vince
Lombardi

"If you have tried to do something but couldn't, you are far better off than if you had tried to do nothing and succeeded"...John Ragland, Jr.

The race is not always won by the fastest runner but sometimes by those who just keep on running.

"You miss 100% of the shots you never take"...Wayne Gretzky

* "The more they trusted me, the less I could afford to make a mistake."... Zhang Yimou, Chinese film director (b. 1950)


* "I have no individual goals. We play for one reason and that's to win the title. Practice is more important than the games, and I will practice when I'm hurt, when 95 percent of the players in this league would sit out. I expect all of you to do the same thing. You will follow my lead."....Michael Jordan to the Chicago Bulls. And follow they did. (ED. What a great quote to be on locker room bulletin boards!)

* "The biggest failure of all is the person that never tries"...Dr. Larry Kimsey

* Speaking about star guard Jameer Nelson, Coach Phil Martelli said, "He has tremendous respect for his teammates, and because he gives respect, he gets respect."

* "I always talked to my players about today. It's the only day that matters."...John Wooden

* "The biggest mistake an athlete can make is to be afraid to make one."....anonymous

* "Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice."...Jackson Brown, Jr. (Ed.Note: Coaches, don't pass over this lightly....call into your office and check how your coaches, secretaries, and other helpers answer the phone...then coach them to improve)

*"Many athletes have tremendous God-given gifts, but they don't focus on the development of those gifts. Who are these individuals? You've never heard of them-- and you never will. It's true in sports and it's true everywhere in life. Hard work is the difference. Very hard work."....John Wooden

*"When you do more than you're paid to do, you will eventually be paid more for what you do."....Zig Ziglar (Ed.Note: How many times have you heard someone say, "I'm not paid to do that"? Quit worrying what you are paid to do and begin paying attention to what needs to be done on a job)

*"You've got to continue to grow or else you're just like last night's cornbread--stale and dry."...Loretta Lynn

*"The skyline is a promise, not a bound."...Guilford Dudley, Jr.

Apparently the best way to get more out of life is to put more into it.

The more you lean on someone else, the less are your chances for success.

People forget how fast you did a job--but they remember how well you did it.

A man who knows he doesn't know it all knows a lot.

something change.........

Did is a word of achievement,
Won't is a word of retreat,
Might is a word of bereavement,
Can't is a word of defeat,
Ought is a word of duty,
Try is a word each hour,
Will is a word of beauty,
Can is a word of power.
Author: Unknown

"When a happy person comes into the room, it is as if another candle has been lit"....Emerson


* "If you want a view from the top, practice, not parties, will take you where you want to go."....NBA great Kevin Johnson

One day a boy failed, the next day, the man tried again...
unknown author


"Some of the most knowledgeable men in the game have lost their jobs because of overcoaching."....Ed McCluskey

"I searched for stardom, stardom I could not see.
I searched for victory, victory aluded me.
I searched for Teamwork and found ALL THREE."....from a Nike national ad

* Search for ways in which it can be done instead of looking for reasons it can't be done.

* Most look up and climb the stars. A champion climbs a mountain and grabs one.

The best inspiration is not to outdo others, but to outdo ourselves.

If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.

* "There is no limit to what can be accomplished when no one cares who gets the credit." ....John Wooden

* "There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others."....George Shinn