Sebastian Coe
"A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses."
Babe Ruth
"If it weren't for the dark days, we wouldn't know what it is to walk in the light."
Earl Campbell
"I believe in women. I believe in myself. I believe in my body."
Evelyn Ashford
"I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast."
Evelyn Ashford
"I was always my own person, not ever really trying to copy anybody."
Michelle McEann
"Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal, a commitment to excellence, that will enable you to attain the success you seek."
Mario Andretti
"Defense starts with a determination and pride to excel. It comes with knowledge and communication, and you've got to have heart. To the timid sould, nothing is possible. To the aggressor, everything is possible."
John Bach
"Circumstance may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experience, so that you can make the most of opportunity when it occurs."
Mario Andretti
"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we don not see the ones which open for us."
Alexander Graham Bell
"The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing."
John Powell
"Nothing is impossible to a willing heart."
John Heywood
"A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her."
David Brinkley
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
Anonymous
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."
Les Brown
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
Winston Churchill
"We are about as happy as we make up our minds to be."
Abraham Lincoln
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
American Proverb
"After you have stared long enough into the dragon's eyes, there is nothing left to do but slay the dragon. For each of us, that dragon is the thing closest to the center of our lives. It is our core, our ambition, and our joy."
Michael Johnson
"Have a sense of humor. Take yourself seriously, but to a point. Learn to laugh at yourself. When you can admit what you don't know, that is the first step toward succeeding and becoming great at something. But most people don't, because they deal with false pride and they have a fear of failure. They will not risk it all for fear that they'll come up short - not realizing that they've already failed, are failing right now and will continue to fail if they don't take a risk. When it comes down to it, people won't be laughing at you, they're not laughing with you. They're going to say 'Damn, she's really trying.'"
C. Vivian Stringer