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“Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.”

“It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.”

“The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.”

“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.”

“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.”

“You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.”

“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 good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.”

“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.”

“Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do...but I think you have to.”

“People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”

“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.”

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”

“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.”

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

“Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.”

“We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.”

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

“Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.”

“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.”

“I run to see who has the most guts.”

“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.”

“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.”

“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.”

“For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream.”

“It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”

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

“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.”

“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.”

“Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.”

“Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.”

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

“Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”