“I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.”

- Oscar Wilde

“You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose.”

- Gordie Howe

"Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals."

- Voltaire

"Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! "

- Andrew Carnegie

“First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.”

- Dale Carnegie

"Plans are nothing; planning is everything."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

"I'm an idealist without illusions."

- John F. Kennedy

"Success is no accident..."

"...It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do."

- Pele

“I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.”

- Juvenal

"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely."

- Auguste Rodin

"It doesn't take talent to hustle."

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"The secret of life is to have no fear."

- Stokely Carmichael

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”

- Plato

"Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win."

 - Nadia Comăneci

Comaneci

“Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.”

- Thomas Jonathan Jackson (General "Stonewall" Jackson)

"The triumph can't be had without the struggle."

- Wilma Rudolph

"To be a champion you must act like one, act like a champion."

- Lou Ferrigno

"True life is lived when tiny changes occur."

- Leo Tolstoy

"I was running to be an active participant in my own salvation."

- Edison Pena

"You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is."

- Will Rogers

"I believe that good things come to those who work."

- Wilt Chamberlain

"I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse."

- Stephen R. Donaldson

"Remember, tomorrow is promised to no one."

- Walter "Sweetness" Payton