Maximizing Athletic Talent

Q&A

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
Muhammad Ali

"The best kind of pride is that which compels a man to do his best even when no one is watching!"
Mike Bellotti

"Anything easy, ain't worth a damn!"
Wayne "Woody" Hayes, OSU Coach 1951-1978

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."
Steve Prefontaine

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
Thomas Jefferson

"We are what we repeatedly do; excellence then is not an act but a habit."
Aristotle, fourth-century B.C. Greek philosopher

"A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions."
Marcus Aurelius, second-century Roman emperor

"Nothing is impossible to a willing heart."
John Heywood, sixteenth-century English poet

"He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty."
Lao-tzu, sixth-century B.C. Chinese philosopher

"Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
American Proverb

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
Albert Einstein, twentieth-century American writer

"The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins."
Heywood Broun, twentieth-century American writer

"Doubt whom you will, but never yourself."
American Proverb

"Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated."
Ernest Hemingway

"The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender."
Vince Lombardi, legendary football coach

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