"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better.  The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at worst (if he fails) at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."

                                                                                                              Teddy Roosevelt

"..Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?..."

                                                                                                               Pink Floyd

"Pain is fear & weakness leaving the body."

"If what you did yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today."

"We know how rough the road will be, how heavy here the load will be, we know about the barricades that wait along the track - but we have set our soul ahead upon a certain goal ahead and nothing left from hell to sky shall ever turn us back."

                                                                                                              Vince Lombardi

"Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability."

                                                                                                              Roy Smith

"You are today where your thoughts have brought you.  You will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you."

                                                                                                             James Allen

"If it ain't tough to get, it ain't worth having."

"The difference between good and great is just a little extra effort."

                                                                                                             Duffy Dougherty

"A closed mind is usually empty.. because it won't allow anything to enter."

"Fatigue and tough both conjure images of hard work, and in truth, hard work is what it takes to become a champion."

"What your predecessors, great men all, did to become great is no longer enough.  You, my friend, have to do battle with men infinitely more knowledgeable than the greats of yesterday fought with."

"Too many fellows think they can push themselves forward by patting themselves on the back."

"There is no mistake so great as the mistake of not going on."

"Men do not fail.  They just give up easy."

"In a race, everyone runs but only one person gets the prize.  So, run the race to win."

                                                                                                           1st Corinthians 9:24

"When a man has a great deal given to him, a great deal will be demanded of him."

                                                                                                            Luke 12:48

"NOT need to achieve...  Instead, a burning desire to exceed all bounds!

NOT commitment to excellence...  Rather, utter disdain for anything less!

NOT endless hours of practice...  Instead PERFECT practice!

NOT ability to cope...  Rather, total domination of all situations!

NOT setting goals...  Goals too often prescribe performance limits!

NOT doing what it takes to win...  Instead, doing what it takes to EXCEED!

NOT force of skill or muscle...  Rather, the explosive, calamitous force of WILL!

If you believe these things, then for you winning is neither everything nor the only thing.  It is a foregone conclusion!  But if along the way, you somehow stumble, profit from the experience!  And vow, by the power of Almighty God, it will NEVER happen again!

"There are only two ways to live your life.  One is as though nothing is a miracle.  The other is as if everything is."

                                                                                                           Albert Einstein

"The virtue of the universe is wholeness.  It regards all things as equal."

                                                                                                           Tao Te Ching

"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it."

                                                                                                            Lewis Carroll

"The purpose of life is a life of purpose."

                                                                                                            George Bernard Shaw

"I am only one, but still I am one.  I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do something I can do."

                                                                                                            Helen Keller

"The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.  When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin.  When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come.  Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved."

                                                                                                            Confucius

"We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us is valuable , worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch.  Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit."

                                                                                                            E. E. Cummings

"All things are possible to him who believes."

                                                                                                           Mark 9:17-24

"Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life, which is short and has to be lived by you alone; and there is only one glory which is eternal.  If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing."

                                                                                                           St. Theresa of Avila

" All of the techniques handed down from my teachers appeared completely anew.  Now they were vehicles for the cultivation of life and knowledge...not devices to throw and pin people."

                                                                                                          Morihei Ueshiba

"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star."

                                                                                                          Nietzsche

"Oyate yanipikta cha"

(So that) The people will live

"Leca mu welo"

That is why I do this

                                                                                                        From a Sun Dance Song

                                                                                                 North American Plains tribes