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"Life is always moving.
Stand up and rise above the rest with passion in your arms and fire in your heart.
Dare to dream, dream high, dream ahead."
-Rohit Sapra
Well, I think it is appropriate to put in some Wooden quotes at this time. The following was in an email sent by Chuck Wielgus and forwarded to me by Ted Haartz. Good stuff.
SOME WORDS OF WISDOM FROM COACH JOHN WOODEN
"Never mistake activity for achievement"
"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think of you".
"Be Prepared and Be Honest".
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
"You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."
"A Coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment."
"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive a doer makes mistakes."
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be."
"Things turn out the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."
"Consider the rights of others before your own feelings and the feelings of others before your own rights"
"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."
"It's not so important who gets to start the game, but who finishes it."
"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."
"Talent is god-given. Be Humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be Careful."
"The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team."
“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.”
Oooh and one more!
I know this one doesn't necessarily have the right message throughout the song, but Cake's Going the Distance" is just an awesome song to play when you're on the blocks.
YouTube- CAKE - The Distance (Official Music Video)
Reluctantly crouched at the starting line,
Engines pumping and thumping in time.
The green light flashes, the flags goes up,
Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup.
They deftly maneuver and muscle for rank,
Fuel burning fast on an empty tank,
Reckless and wild they pour through the turns,
Their prowess is potent and secretly stern.
As they speed through the finish the flags go down.
The fans get up, and get out of town.
The arena is empty except for one man,
Still driving and striving as fast as he can
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up,
And long ago somebody left with the cup,
But he's driving and striving and hugging the turns,
And thinking of someone for whom he still burns.
He's going the distance.
He's going for speed.
She's all alone, all alone in her time of need.
Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the course,
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse.
He's going the distance.
Yeah!
No trophy, no flowers, no flash bulbs, no wine.
He's haunted by something he cannot define.
Bowel shaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse,
Assail him, impale him with monster truck force.
In his mind he's still driving, still making the grade.
She's hoping time that her memories will fade,
Cause he's racing and pacing and plotting the course,
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse.
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up,
And long ago somebody left with the cup.
But he's striving and driving and hugging the turns,
And thinking of someone for whom he still burns.
Cause he's going the distance.
He's going for speed.
She's all alone, all alone in her time of need.
Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the course,
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse,
He's racing and pacing and plotting the course,
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse!
He's going the distance.
He's going for speed.
He's going the distance...
"Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your mind. Put your whole soul to it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your mind. Put your whole soul to it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ande, you had to have known when you posted this quote that I would respond. :D We are on the same page, my friend. I will never forget WHY you call me "Elaine-iaK"!
IT ALL STARTS WITH ENTHUSIASM! :bliss:
I think the last part of Tennyson's "Ullyses" was written for Masters Swimmers.
"Tho' much is taken,much abides and tho
we are not now that strength which in old days
moved earth and heaven,that which we are,we are
one equal temper of heroic hearts
made weak by time and fate,but strong in will
to strive,to seek,to find and not to yield."
