“If I had known I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.”
"It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life."
- Mickey Mantle
Awareness
"A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide."
- Mickey Mantle
Teamwork
"In a team setting a boy can demonstrate his bravery independently. The cowardly find refuge within the membership of a gang."
- Mickey Mantle
Teamwork
"During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball."
- Mickey Mantle
Resilience
"Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'"
- Mickey Mantle
Ambition
"You are the hope of Israel, ‘children of the promised day’!"
- President Russell M. Nelson
Aspirations
"If you can dream it, you can do it."
- Walt Disney
Aspirations
"Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway."
- Earl Nightingale
Aspirations
"You dream. You plan. You reach. There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, with belief, with confidence and trust in yourself and those around you, there are no limits."
- Michael Phelps
Aspirations
"Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard."
- Serena Williams
Aspirations