Motivational Quotes
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Running is not, as it so often seems, only about what you did in your last race or about how many miles you ran last week. It is, in a much more important way, about community, about appreciating all the miles run by other runners, too.
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When I was a child, my father used to encourage my brother and me to fail. At the dinner table, instead of asking about the best part of our day, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something to tell him, he would be disappointed. When we shared whatever failure we'd endured, he'd high-five us and say, 'Way to go!' The gift my father gave us by doing this was redefining what failure truly meant.
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The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.
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It was a mistake and I made the mistake because I was conservative and played safe. And that way lies failure." "Must do it... constantly go to the well... constantly try, try, try. Dare. Dare, Dare. Who dares wins.
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The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat.
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If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother.
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No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.
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The funniest thing is that all the things every director goes through, I thought I could shortcut, but there was no getting around those issues.
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The open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself.
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I remember the last season I played. I went home after a ballgame one day, lay down on my bed, and tears came to my eyes. How can you explain that? It's like crying for your mother after she's gone. You cry because you love her. I cried, I guess, because I loved baseball, and I knew I had to leave it.
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It's like the more you know the more you know you don't know.
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In my own experience, both personally and professionally, I've learned that you don't wait to confront reality. It doesn't get easier. It doesn't get better. And, in some cases, if you don't get the relevant information from people and act quickly, you start losing options. You're into damage control.
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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
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Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy.
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If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.
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We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.
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The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very hard.
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If you say to one flower, 'Grow,' but you water another, the first one won't grow.
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Music is kind of motivational and it helps me get my mind right.
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It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.
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To sit around and say, I’m not motivated so I can’t do anything, to me is the same thing as being like, I’m so hungry I can’t eat. The only way you’re going to alleviate your hunger is to eat some food, the only way to fix your motivational problem is to do something.
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When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you're pledging your integrity.
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By behaving in ways that build trust with one, you build trust with many.
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Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.
