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I think everything is possible as long as you put your mind, work and time into it.

-  Michael Phelps

Everything starts with yourself … with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life.

-  Tony Dorsett

The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state...Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.

-  James Allen

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It’s always too early to quit.

-  Norman Vincent Peal

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.

-  Walt Disney

People who say that life is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no personal goals which are worthwhile … Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project … Always have something ahead of you to ‘look forward to’ … work for and hope for.

-  Maxwell Maltz

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Swimming isn't everything, winning is.

-  Mark Spitz

You gotta move on quickly. I’m trying to talk to them about ‘next.’ If you miss a shot or miss a free throw, move on. If we want to be special that’s exactly how we’ve got to play.

-  Coach John Calipari

We can be good with me doing all the pushing and dragging … but if it’s a player-driven team from within, this team will be special. We are getting there. They gotta wanna do this more than any of us, Isn’t it nice to see? Cuz they are getting close.

-  Coach John Calipari

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Winners MAKE it happen, losers LET it happen.

-  Justin Herald

Winners dwell on their desires, not on their limitations.

-  Dennis Waitley

Success is never ending, failure is never final.

-  Dr. Robert Schuller

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The real winner is whoever has the most interesting, fulfilling work.
-  John Groom

There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no insurmountable barrier except our own inherent weakness of purpose.

-  Elbert Hubbard

A coach is someone who tells you what you don't want to hear, who has you see what you don't want to see, so you can be who you have always known you could be.
-  Tom Landry

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I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan … to win.
-  Mark Spitz

The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence.
-  Tom Landry

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

-  James Allen

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The only important statistic is the final score.
-  Bill Russell

If you fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

-  Mark Spitz

To succeed, you need to find something to hold onto, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
-  Tony Dorsett

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Failing to prepare is like preparing to fail.

- John Wooden

There is no such thing in anyone’s life as an unimportant day.

-  Alexander Woollcott

Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self denial. Also, and most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It is a state of mind that you could call character in action.

-  Vince Lombardi

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The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

-  George Washington

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

-  Abraham Lincoln

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

-  Ronald Reagan

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No man is happy who does not think himself so.

-  Syrus

Whoever is happy will make others happy too. 

-  Anne Frank

Happiness is found in doing … not merely in possessing.

-  Napoleon Hill Foundation

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The harder you work the harder it is to surrender.

-  Vince Lombardi

In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

-  Max Depree

Those who know the truth learn to love it. Those who love the truth learn to live it. 

-  Bob Proctor

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To live well and honorably and justly is the same thing.

-   Socrates

When you close the door of your mind to negative thoughts, the door of opportunity opens to you.

-  Napoleon Hill Foundation

Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work.

-  Anna Quindlen

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We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand … and melting like a snowflake.

-  Marie B. Ray

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.

-  C. S. Lewis  

If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will.
-  Abraham Lincoln

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Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

-  Anonymous

Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can't change. Life's too short to be anything... but happy.
-  Anonymous

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

-  Earl Nightingale

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Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind.
-  Earl Nightingale

To love what you do and feel that it matters … how could anything be
more fun?

-  Katharine Graham

It isn’t defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it, that whips you.

-  Napoleon Hill Foundation

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Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.

-  Earl Nightingale

Remember, the thoughts that you think and the statements you make regarding yourself determine your mental attitude. If you have a worthwhile objective, find the one reason why you can achieve it rather than hundreds of reasons why you can't.

-  Napoleon Hill

I thought everybody just went through the motions today and I just don't get it, I don't think our guys grew in this game but because we had enough depth, we were able to win. Give you everything in his body, that's how he (Polson) plays; we’ve got to get a bunch of guys playing that way.

-  Coach John Calipari comments following 69-59 w at Starkville 2814

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Visualize this thing you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin.

-  Robert Collier

It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again.

-  Charles Kettering

Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

-  Charles Dickens  

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When you clear the clutter, you make room for good things to come in.

-  Noah St. John

Your resources are always far greater than you imagine them to be. Never ask, Can I do this?  Ask instead, how can I do this?

-   Dan Zadra

Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
-   Randy Pausch

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He, who spends time regretting the past, loses the present and risks the future.
-  Quevedo

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.

 -  Deepak Chopra

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough, we must do.

-  Leonardo da Vinci  

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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

-  Francis Bacon

I’m beginning to think that maybe it’s not just how much you love someone. Maybe what matters is who you are when you’re with them.

-  Macon Leary

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions; it is governed by our mental attitude.

-  Dale Carnegie

 

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The doors of wisdom are never shut.

-  Benjamin Franklin

The scientific use of thought consists in forming a clear and distinct mental image of what you want; in holding fast to the purpose to get what you want; and in realizing with grateful faith that you do get what you want.

-  Wallace D Wattles

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.  It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.

-  Jim Rohn