"A life is not important, but for the impact it has on others' lives." — Jackie Robinson, Hall of Fame baseball player
"Could I be a coach and lose? To me, that's like asking if a guy can be a good doctor even though his patients keep dying." — Red Auerbach, Hall of Fame basketball coach and executive
"If you think small things don't matter, think of the last game you lost by one point."
"Nothing will work unless you do"
-John Wooden
"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing."
-- Vince Lombardi
"If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you. You haven't done much today."
"Most battles are won before they are fought"
-- Sun Tzu
"The only statistics worth keeping can't be measured" - Heart, Intensity, Teamwork
Now this is the law of the jungle-
As old and as true as the sky;
And the wolf that keep it may prosper
But the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree trunk,
The law runneth forward and back-
And the strength of the pack is the wolf
And the strength of the wolf is the pack.
RUDYARD KIPLING
English Poet/Novelist
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result."
-- Albert Einstein
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit"
-- Aristotle
"To be successful, you don't have to do extraordinary things. Just do ordinary things extraordinarily well."
"I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."
-- Muhammad Ali
"You live up - or down - to your expectations."
-- Lou Holtz
"There are two pains in life, the pain of discipline, and the pain of regret. Take your choice"
Attitudes are contagious...Is yours worth catching?
The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
-Michelangelo
A Pebble
by : James W. Foley
Drop a pebble in the water: just a splash, and it is gone; But there's half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on, Spreading, spreading from the center, flowing on out to the sea. And there is no way of telling where the end is going to be.
Drop a pebble in the water: in a minute you forget, But there's little waves a-flowing, and there's ripples circling yet, And those little waves a-flowing to a great big wave have grown; You've disturbed a mighty river just by dropping in a stone.
Drop an unkind word, or careless: in a minute it is gone; But there's half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on. They keep spreading, spreading, spreading from the center as they go, And there is no way to stop them, once you've started them to flow.
Drop an unkind word, or careless: in a minute you forget; But there's little waves a-flowing, and there's ripples circling yet, And perhaps in some sad heart a mighty wave of tears you've stirred, And disturbed a life was happy ere you dropped that unkind word.
Drop a word of cheer and kindness: just a flash and it is gone; But there's half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on, Bearing hope and joy and comfort on each splashing, dashing wave Till you wouldn't believe the volume of the one kind word you gave.
Drop a word of cheer and kindness: in a minute you forget; But there's gladness still a-swelling, and there's joy circling yet, And you've rolled a wave of comfort whose sweet music can be heard Over miles and miles of water just by dropping one kind word.
