We all need a little motivation once in a while. We all need to re-focus at one time or another. I am a long-time fan of quotes or inspirational sayings that do just that and help me be more successful.
Here are some of my favorite quotes that have also been re-tweeted often by those on twitter.
- “One coach will impact more young people in a year than the average person does in a lifetime.” (Billy Graham)
- “Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better.” (John Wooden)
- “I will prepare and someday my chance will come.” (Abraham Lincoln)
- “Don’t complain about not getting a chance and then be unprepared when you finally do.” (Joe Montana)
- “It has to happen on the inside before it can happen on the outside.” (Jon Gordon)
- “Don’t be a wheelbarrow … only useful when pushed.” (Jamy Bechler)
- “There is no such thing as a ‘small thing’. How we do SMALL things is how we do ALL things.” (Brian Cain)
- “Don’t focus on winning a championship. Focus on becoming a champion.” (Jon Gordon)
- “The culture you create permeates everything you touch.” (Tony Dungy)
- “If you want to make everyone happy don’t be a leader. Go Sell Ice Cream.” (Eric Geiger)
- “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” (Thomas Edison)
- “Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” (Buddha)
- “The time is always right to do what is right.” (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
- “Mentally strong players don’t keep repeating the same mistakes. They accept responsibility and learn from them.” (Jamy Bechler)
- “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” (Walt Disney)
- “Losers assemble in little groups and complain about the coaches/players in other groups. Winners assemble as a team.” (Bill Parcels)
- “We don’t wait on opportunity to knock. We wake up and seek to create opportunity.” (Coach Micheal Burt)
- “In order to be a winner, you have to look for ways of getting things done and not for reasons why things can’t be done.” (Coach K)
- “A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you can’t get very far until you change it.” (Jamy Bechler)
- “You’re always doing 1 of 2 things as a player. You’re either IMPACTING winning or COMPLICATING winning.” (Tom Crean )
- “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is looking.” (Coach John Wooden)
- “Talent is a gift; Character is a choice.” (John Maxwell)
- “Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
- “The measure of who we are is how we react to something that doesn’t go our way.” (Gregg Popovich)
- “Leading the way often involves finding a way to DO what has never been DONE.” (Jon Gordon)
- “Under pressure, you don’t rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your training.” (Navy SEALS)
- “You cannot grow an oak tree from an apple seed. You cannot grow a great life from negative thoughts.” (Ed DeCosta)
- “A dream you don’t have to fight for isn’t a dream — it’s a nap.” (Jon Acuff)
- “Leadership is a potent combination of strategy & character. But if you must be w/out one, be w/out strategy.” (Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf)
- “Responsibility never ends. You don’t finish it and move on. Responsibility is a constant state of being.” (Pat Summitt)
- “Never be the guy who doesn’t want to grab the mop.” (Mike Dunlap)
- “If you have not made it to the level you are capable of in life, take a hard look at who you are spending your time with.” (Jimmy Dykes)
- “Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal.” (Henry Ford)
- “Insecure leaders don’t want honest feedback. They just want an echo chamber.” (John Brubaker)
- “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
- “A culture of excellence is created not in the big moments but in all the “little” decisions you make every day.” (Stephanie Zonars)
- “You don’t overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.” (John Maxwell)
- “Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.” (Desmond Tutu)
- “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot.” (Mark Twain)
- “Champions don’t become champions in the ring; They are merely recognized there.” (Muhammad Ali)
- “You can’t change the past, but the past can change you. You can do three things with the past: LIVE in it, DWELL in it, LEARN from it.” (Jamy Bechler)
- “Be the change you want to see in the world.” (Gandhi)
- “Bad leaders want dependent followers. Good leaders want empowered followers.” (Jamy Bechler)
- “If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it’ll spend its whole life believing that it is stupid.” (Albert Einstein)
- “You can never make the same mistake twice because the second time you make it…… It’s not a mistake, it’s a choice!” (Inky Johnson)