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“Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.”

“The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.”

“A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, big or small, young or old. He doesn't care if you're not smart, not popular, not a good joke-teller, not the best athlete, nor the best-looking person. To your dog, you are the greatest, the smartest, the nicest human being who was ever born. You are his friend and protector.”

“Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.”

“What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.”

“You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose.”

“Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.”

“There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.”

“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.”

“I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.”

“Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.”

“Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.”

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.”

“I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.”

“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.”

“It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.”

“Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.”

“If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?”

“Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.”

“The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.”

“You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.”

“To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.”

“One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.”

“Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.”

“I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.”

“Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.”

“If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.”

“What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.”

“You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.”

“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”

“An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.”

“Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her.”

“Teenage girls, please don’t worry about being super popular in high school, or being the best actress in high school, or the best athlete. Not only do people not care about any of that the second you graduate, but when you get older, if you reference your successes in high school too much, it actually makes you look kind of pitiful, like some babbling old Tennessee Williams character with nothing else going on in her current life. What I’ve noticed is that almost no one who was a big star in high school is also big star later in life. For us overlooked kids, it’s so wonderfully fair.”

“Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.”

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'”

“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.”

“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.”

“Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your two ears.”

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

“If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.”

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it.”

“Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.”

“Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.”

“If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.”