The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
VINCE LOMBARDIOne comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be the dominating thought in one’s mind.
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I’ve never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline.
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I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.
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The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.
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One’s desire, not ability, determines success.
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While statistics are interesting, they’re all in the past.
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The darkest moments of our lives are not to be buried and forgotten, rather they are a memory to be called upon for inspiration to remind us of the unrelenting human spirit and our capacity to overcome the intolerable.
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One must not hesitate to innovate and change with the times. The leader who stands still is not progressing, and he will not remain a leader for long.
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We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.
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Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process.
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You carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up – and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.
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Champions make their own luck.
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Football isn’t a contact sport; it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
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The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
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If you can accept losing, you can’t win.
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Mistakes are the necessary steps in the learning process; once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten and not repeated.
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