I am building a fire, and every day I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

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"True champions aren’t always the ones that win, but those with the most guts."

- Mia Hamm

Courage

"You may get skinned knees and elbows, but it’s worth it if you score a spectacular goal."

- Mia Hamm

Courage

"If a team wants to intimidate you physically and you let them, they’ve won."

- Mia Hamm

Courage

"True champions aren't always the ones that win, but those with the most guts."

- Mia Hamm

Courage

"Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back … play for her."

- Mia Hamm

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"You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction."

- George Lorimer

Determination

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity."

- Amelia Earhart

Determination

"When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone."

- Melissa McCarthy

Determination

"Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right."

- Walt Disney

Determination

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

- Theodore Roosevelt

Determination