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“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.'”

“One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.”

“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.”

“It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.”

“Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success.”

“You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.”

“The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.”

“If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.”

“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.”

“The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.”

“I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.”

“A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.”

“It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.”

“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”

“During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played 7 years without ever hitting the ball.”

“To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.”

“Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.”

“It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.”

“Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.”

“The hardest skill to acquire in this sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and you are still getting beat no matter what you do. When you have the killer instinct to fight through that, it is very special.”

“Sport is where an entire life can be compressed into a few hours, where the emotions of a lifetime can be felt on an acre or two of ground, where a person can suffer and die and rise again on six miles of trails through a New York City park. Sport is a theater where sinner can turn saint and a common man become an uncommon hero, where the past and the future can fuse with the present. Sport is singularly able to give us peak experiences where we feel completely one with the world and transcend all conflicts as we finally become our own potential.”

“One man cannot make a team.”

“If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.”

“Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”

“There is no such thing as life in-between.”

“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.”

“The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.”

“You can't put a limit anything.”

“I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.”

“You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.”

“I stare out the window and wait for spring.”

“A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.”

“You're never a loser until you quit trying.”

“There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.”

“You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.”

“My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.”