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Week
of October 15, 2007:
""It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that
wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe."
-Muhammad Ali
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Week of October 8, 2007: "A life of frustration is
inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning."
- Chuck Noll
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Week of October 1, 2007:
Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not
bitter.
- Dan Reeves
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Week of September 24, 2007:
"God gets you to the plate, but once you're there you're on
your own."
- Ted Williams
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Week
of May 7, 2007:
The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally
tight." -Arthur Ashe
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Week of April 30, 2007:
Never let the
fear of striking out get in your way.
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Week
of April 23, 2007:
"My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I
tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay
relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your
energy. Focus."
-Carl Lewis
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Week
of April 16, 2007:
"Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like
muscles of the body."
-Lynn Jennings
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Week of April 9, 2007:
The secret of winning football games is working more as a team, less
as individuals. I play not my 11 best, but my best 11.
-Knute Rockne
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Week of April 2, 2007:
"A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is
where a coward goes to hide."
-Mickey Mantle
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Week
of March 26, 2007:
"The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just
loving the sport and having fun performing. "
- Jackie Joyner Kersee
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Week of March 12, 2007:
"It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square."
-Pete Rose
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Week of March 5th, 2007:
"Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength."
-Phil Jackson
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Week of February 26th, 2007:
"I figure practice puts your brains in your muscles."
-Sam Snead
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Week of February 19th, 2007:
When I step onto the court, I don't have to think about
anything. If I have a problem off the court, I find that
after I play, my mind is clearer and I can come up with a
better solution. It's like therapy. It relaxes me and allows
me to solve problems.
-Michael Jordan
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Week of February 12th, 2007:
To begin, begin.
- Peter Nivio Zarlenga
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Week of February 5th, 2007
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
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Week of January 29th, 2007
"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson
afterward."
-Vernon Law, former Pirates pitcher
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Week of January 22nd, 2007
"True disputants are like true sportsmen: their
whole delight is in the pursuit."
-Alexander Pope
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Week of January 15th, 2007
"A
good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where
the puck is going to be."
-Wayne Gretzky____________________________________________________________________
Week of December 11th, 2006
"Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure."
-Babe Didrikson Zaharias
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Week of December 4th, 2006
The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.
-Steve Garvey
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Week of November 27th, 2006
"You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball."
-Bobby Knight
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Week of November 20th, 2006
"Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game."
-Donald Trump
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Week of November 13th, 2006:
"I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability."
-Bruce Jenner
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Week of November 6th, 2006:
"Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you?"
-
Ben Hogan
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Week of October 30th, 2006:
"Don't tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the ship in."
-Lou Holtz
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Week of October 23rd, 2006
"I never criticize a player until they are first convinced of my unconditional confidence in their abilities."
-John Robinson
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Week of October 16th, 2006
"
In baseball and in business, there are three types of people. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened."
-Tommy Lasorda
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Week of October 9th, 2006
Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
-Charles F. Kettering
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Week of October 2nd, 2006
To succeed…You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
-Tony Dorsett
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Week of September 25th, 2006
If you can’t accept losing, you can’t win.
-Vince Lombardi
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Week of September 18th, 2006:
"Nothing will work unless you do."
-John Wooden
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Week of September 11th, 2006:
Slump? I ain’t in no slump. I just ain’t hittin.
-Yogi Berra
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Week of September 4th, 2006:
I was told over and over again that I would never be successful, that I was not going to be competitive and the technique was simply not going to work. All I could do was shrug and say “We’ll just have to see.”
-Dick Fosbury (Olympic Gold Medalist and inventor of the current high jump technique)
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Week of August 28th, 2006:
"You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be – in baseball and in life."
-Pete Rose
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Week of August 14th, 2006:
"The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer."
- John Madden
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Week of August 7th, 2006:
"Tough times never last, but tough people do."
-Dr. Robert Schuller
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Week of July 31st, 2006:
"Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there."
-Will Rogers
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Week of July 24th, 2006:
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
-Mahatma Gandhi
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Week of July 17th, 2006:
"Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles."
-Alex Karras
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