Quotations of Value
Be
more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is
what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think of you.
John Wooden, College Basketball Coach
"the
idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that
you might block every shot"
-Bill Russell
The
will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.
Bobby Knight, College Basketball Coach
If
you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times.
Dean Smith, College Basketball Coach
"
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees
opportunity in every difficulty."
Winston Churchill
It
is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
Harry S Truman
"If
I was given eight hours to chop down a tree. I would spend seven hours
sharpening my ax"
- Abraham Lincoln
"In
life you are given two ends, one to think with the other to sit on. You success
in life depends on which end you use the most. Head you win, tails you
lose."
- Conrad Burns
"The
harder I work the luckier I get."
- Unknown
"We
are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit"
- Aristotle
"Keep
it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious"
-Al Maguire, College Basketball Coach
"If
we were supposed to talk more than we listen, we would have two mouths and one
ear."
-Mark Twain
"It
is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument."
-William
Gibbs McAdoo, Senator, 1854
"If
you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere."
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