Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ursula Burns

You don’t have to be at every volleyball game. We can’t guilt ourselves.

Will Rogers

We are here for just a spell, so get a few laughs.

Vince Lombardi

Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing.

Jose Mourinho

You win by effort, by commitment, by ambition, by quality, by expressing yourself individually but in the team context.

Jose Mourinho

You have to work hard AND well. There are a lot of people who work hard but not well.

Emo Philips

Ambiguity — the Devil's volleyball.

Joe Namath

It feels good to show some courage.

Pat Summitt

Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them

Pat Summitt

If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one

Robert E. Lee

Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.

Richard DeVos

If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ''Here comes number seventy-one!''

Woody Hayes

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

Woodrow Wilson

Genius is divine perseverance. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have.

William Wordsworth

Neither evil tongues, rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all the dreary intercourse of daily life, shall ever prevail against us.

William James

If an unusual necessity forces us onward, a surprising thing occurs. The fatigue gets worse up to a certain point, when, gradually or suddenly, it passes away and we are fresher than before!

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Making the absolute best of ourselves is not an easy task. It is a pleasurable pursuit...but it requires patience, persistence, and perseverance.

Sara Blakely

Perseverance is the key to starting a successful business.

Samuel Smiles

All experiences of life seems to prove that the impediments thrown in the way of the human advancement may for the most part be overcome by steady good conduct, honest zeal, activity, perseverance and above all, by a determined resolution to surmount.

Wilma Rudolph

The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

Ty Cobb

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.

Steve Waugh

I don't like waiting in airports for my bags. Even worse, I don't like waiting in airports when my bags are lost.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Rest if you must, but never quit.

Katarina Witt

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

Joe Frazier

When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I am out there to win.

Earl Monroe

Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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