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Never stop until your good becomes better, And your better becomes the best. -  Frank Zappa

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. -  Theodore Roosevelt

 You can’t hide here, This is Kentucky. There isn’t a rock big enough, no cracks big enough. You’re out there, and either you’re going to perform or you’re not, And there is no excuse why you’re not. Like I said, we’ve got a ways to go. -  Coach John Calipari

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There are only two options regarding commitment; you're either in or you're out. There's no such thing as life in-between.
-  Pat Riley

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.
-  Babe Ruth

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. - Vince Lombardi

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At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year. - Thomas Tusser

Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart. - Freya Stark

Christmas, my child, is love in action.  Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas. - Dale Evans

 

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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

-  William James

 

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

-  Jim Rohn

 

Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose?
-  Eliza Dushku

 

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The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving. -  Albert Einstein

The reason why most people face the future with apprehension instead of anticipation is because they don't have it well designed.

-  Jim Rohn

The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career
must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career. -  Earl Nightingale

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We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future. -  Robin Sharma

 

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. -  Anna Quindlen

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. - Christopher Reeve

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It's not the will to win that matters ...  everyone has that.

It's the will to prepare to win that matters. - Paul Bryant

I think the most important thing of all for any team is a winning attitude. The coaches must have it. The players must have it. The student body must have it. If you have dedicated players who believe in themselves,

You don't need a lot of talent. -  Paul Bryant

My approach to the game has been the same at all the places I've been. Vanilla. The sure way. That means, first of all, to win physically. If you got eleven on a field, and they beat the other eleven physically, they'll win. They will start forcing mistakes. They'll win in the fourth quarter.
-  Paul Bryant

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At all times and under all circumstances, we have the power to transform the quality of our lives. - Werner Erhard

But try, you urge, the trying shall suffice;The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!
-  Robert Browning

Each person has this magical thing called Soul Purpose within them.

The difference between surviving and thriving has to do with whether we see it or not. -  Garrett Gunderson

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Happiness depends upon ourselves. - Aristotle

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. - Albert Pike

In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy. -  Albert Clarke

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Great effort springs naturally from a great attitude.

-  Pat Riley

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

-  Pat Riley

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

-  Stephen Covey 

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
-  Booker T. Washington

The only reason we don’t have what we want in life is the reasons we create why we can’t have them. -  Tony Robbins

Fear of failure and fear of the unknown are always defeated by faith. Having faith in yourself, in the process of change, and in the new direction that change sets will reveal your own inner core of steel. 

- Georgette Mosbacher

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If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself. 

-  Henry Ford

Paths clear before those who know where they going and are determined to get there. -  Leonard Roy Frank

In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.

-  Robert Heinlein

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When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people

happy. - Samuel Goldwyn 

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done

without hope and confidence. - Helen Keller

Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings
have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic
expectations, patience, and perseverance. - John C. Bogle

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Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future. - Deepak Chopra

If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives. - Vince Lombardi

It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going. - Brian Tracy

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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates

A vision for tomorrow. - Melody Beattie

Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more.
If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough. - Oprah Winfrey

Give thanks for the rainbows, for the butterflies, for all God's creatures - large and small, for the bright blue sky and the soft fog and the gentle rain,
for the tree veiled in the season's first frost, for the baby's laugh, for the touch of a hand and the whispered "I love you." - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise.

Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. - Psalm 100:4

GOD HAS BLESSED AMERICA

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Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

John F. Kennedy

Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

John F. Kennedy

The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, and inventor

And a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.

John F. Kennedy

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

John F. Kennedy

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

John F. Kennedy

There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than The long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.

John F. Kennedy

The world is very different now . . . and yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forbearers fought are still at issue around the globe …  the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.

John F. Kennedy

Liberty without learning is always in peril; Learning without liberty is always in vain.

John F. Kennedy

We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; That is our only commitment to others.

John F. Kennedy

For in the final analysis, Our most basic common link, Is that we all inhabit this small planet, We all breathe the same air, We all cherish our children’s futures, And we are all mortal.

John F.  Kennedy

Continuous effort … not strength or intelligence … is the key to unlocking our potential. - Sir Winston Churchill 

Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe with you. - Oscar Wilde

The memory should be specially taxed in youth, since it is then that it is strongest and most tenacious. But in choosing the things that should be committed to memory the utmost care and forethought must be exercised;

As lessons well learnt in youth are never forgotten.

-  Arthur Schopenhauer

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Lack and limitation can only exist when we make room for them in our mind.

- Bob Proctor

 

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?' - William A. Ward

No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and
good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being
helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.
- Phillips Brooks

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true. - Leo Jozef Suenens

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write,
if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be. - Abraham Maslow

Your biggest break can come from never quitting.Being at the right place at the right time can only happen when you keep moving toward the next opportunity. - Arthur Pine

 

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Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw

I've only had two rules. Do all you can and do it the best you can.

It's the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.

- Colonel Harland Sanders

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest;And third by experience, which is the bitterest. - Confucius

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Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.

- Anonymous

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately
determines the quality of our lives. - Anthony Robbins

It is a better thing to weigh and measure priorities in the illuminating light of your own mission than to have your activities formed by the impressions and expectations of others. - Mary Anne Radmacher

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To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream;
not only plan, but also believe. - Anatole France

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I've learned that people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. - Maya Angelou

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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
- John Steinbeck

Life is too short to waste.Dreams are fulfilled only through action, not through endless planning to take action. - David J. Schwartz

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment

To an unrelenting pursuit of your goal … A commitment to excellence …

That will enable you to attain the success you seek. - Mario Andretti

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“KENTUCKY BASKETBALL NEVER STOPS”

 - Via a Banner displayed at Big Blue Madness 10/14/11

Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY

“We are still aiming for the mountaintop,”

- Coach John Calipari Big Blue Madness 10/14/11

Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY

“Tonight we begin to write the next chapter,”

“Tonight we feel the Kentucky effect in full force as we once again redefine college basketball.…We see no plateaus. We see no stopping points.

Let’s persist beyond what it is, and let’s try to create what was never before imagined.We do more than move the needle. We are the needle. We are UK.”

- Coach John Calipari Big Blue Madness 10/14/11

Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY

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The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking. - Robert H. Schuller

Stand often in the company of dreamers. They believe you can achieve impossible things. -  Mary Anne Radmacher

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow. -  Robert H. Goddard

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Once you’re a part of it, you’re UK until you die. - John Wall

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones,
you'll start having positive results. - Willie Nelson

There is no shortcut to success. If you want to be successful,

You have to pay the price, be it with your time, money, or energy.

- Donald Latumahina

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. - Napoleon Hill

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, Devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. - Mitch Albom

Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence. They're willing to spend more time accomplishing a task and to persevere in the face of many difficult odds.There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it. - Dr. Joyce Brothers

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It’s going to be based on what we do, How we play, how we practice…

It will be about what we do, Not what we can do. - Coach Nick Saban

It's not what happens to you,It’s what you do about it that Makes the difference. - Wilson Mitchell

Accept the challenges so that you Can feel the exhilaration of victory.

- Gen. George S. Patton

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Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.
- Harvey Fierstein

At first dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable.
- Christopher Reeve

Gratitude is an attitude that hooks us up to our source of supply.

And the more grateful you are, the closer you become to your maker,

To the architect of the universe, to the spiritual core of your being.

It’s a phenomenal lesson. - Bob Proctor

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Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. - Earl Nightingale

The future doesn't get better by hope, it gets better by plan. - Jim Rohn

You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution. Change is inevitable, personal growth is always a personal decision.

- Bob Proctor