“For me it’s the challenge — the challenge to try to beat myself and do better than I did in the past. I try to keep in mind not what I have accomplished but what I have to try to accomplish in the future.”
"Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind."
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Belief
"The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing."
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Happiness
"There is something about seeing myself improve that motivates and excites me."
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Motivation
"The mental part is the hardest part."
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Adversity
"Age is not a barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind."
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Belief in Self
"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"
- President Boyd K. Packer
Ambition
"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."
- Mark Twain
Ambition
"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."
- David Ogilvy
Ambition
"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."
- Billie Jean King
Ambition
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
- Michael Jordan
Ambition