"A champion is someone who gets up when he can't." - Jack Dempsey
"Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man." - Pele
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." - Michael Jordan
"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination." - Tommy Lasorda
"Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them—a desire, a dream, a vision." - Muhammad Ali
"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability." - John Wooden
1. Jim Valvano
"Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding."
The context that he presented this quote in, was so powerful and meaningful to myself and many others. That is why this quote is my all time favorite.
What are some of your favorites?
"Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding." - Jim Valvano
"The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.” - Mia Hamm
“Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.” - Mia Hamm
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