Reflection Quotes

"I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia. Not because I had it, but because I couldn't spell it."

- George Best

"[He] called me a ‘rapist’ and a ‘recluse.’ I’m not a recluse."

- Herman Edwards

"If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out!"

- Ted Williams

"Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand."

- Allen Iverson

"We talkin' bout practice?"

- Doug Plank

"You win some, lose some, and wreck some."

- Jim Mora

"What's that? Ah – Playoffs? Don't talk about – playoffs?! You kidding me?! Playoffs?! I just hope we can win a game! Another game!"

- Jackie Joyner-Kersee

"Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades."

- Steffi Graf

"When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win."

- Hank Aaron

"It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course."

- Emmitt Smith

"Nobody roots for Goliath."

- Bo Jackson

"Did Superman really want to save the world, or did he just feel like he had to? Would he much rather be a farmer? Maybe. Would he much rather be hanging out with his dad and his mom and his dog? Probably."

- Gerard Way

"When I think about great service, it’s about how you’re every interaction you have with the customer and use that as a way to improve their perception of your organization."

- Jon Herstein

"Thursday is a day of reflections and thoughts."

- Anthony T. Hincks

"Thursday come[s], and the week is gone."

- George Herbert

"Never regret anything that made you smile."

- Mark Twain

"A person without regrets is a nincompoop."

- Mia Farrow

"In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on."

- Robert Frost

"Isn't it odd how much fatter a book gets when you've read it several times?"

- Cornelia Funke

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair."

- Charles Dickens

"A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well — or ill?"

- John Steinbeck

"And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

- Leo Tolstoy

"Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart."

- Haruki Murakami

"One day you won't be an athlete anymore. You won't have that training before competition. You won't have those long bus rides with your teammates anymore. One day you won't be an athlete anymore. You'll just have memories of one."

"A lot has been said and written about agriculture since the dawn of human civilization. Some good, some bad, and a lot that isn’t worth repeating. I’m probably guilty of the last one. But there are some farming quotes so good they stick out and are worth repeating."

"Life is an echo—what you send out comes back."

"In this moment, you are safe. In this moment, you have everything you need. Ultimately, all is well."

"Take some time to everything you’ve done, everything you’re working for, and everything you will achieve. Your accomplishments deserve to be celebrated."

"Good morning! On this Thoughtful Thursday, take a moment to reflect on the beauty around you. Life’s wonders are often found in the pauses between the busyness of the day."