Motivational Quotes

"I know you've heard a thousand times before.  But it's true--hard work pays off.  If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice."

     ~A.J. English

"Sports ideally teach discipline and commitment.  They challenge you and build character for everything you do in life."

     ~Howie Long

"The most important is to love your sport.  Never do it to please someone else--it has to be yours.  That is all that will justify the hard work needed to achieve success.  Compete against yourself, not others, for that is who is truly your best competition."

     ~Peggy Fleming Jenkins

"It is a matter of spirit, not strength.  It is a matter of doing your best each little moment.  There's never a break.  You must have desire, a very intense desire to keep going."

     ~Janet Guthrie

"A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contributions to praise the skills of the others."

     ~Norman Shidle

"Excellence is not a singular act but a habit.  You are what you do repeatedly."

     ~Shaquille O'Neal