“If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.”
"There can only be one winner, and the rest are losers, but winners know they are winners before the results are in."
- Pat Riley
Belief
""Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.""
- Pat Riley
Personal Growth
"A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning."
- Pat Riley
Motivation
"There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength."
- Pat Riley
Teamwork
"Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers."
- Pat Riley
Teamwork
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
- Calvin Coolidge
Persistence
"I have stood on a mountain of no’s for one yes."
- Barbara Elaine Smith
Persistence
"First, forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice."
- Octavia Butler
Persistence
"A dragonfly's journey is proof that persistence carves canyons from cliffs"
Persistence
"Persistence pays off, buzz on like the dragonfly"
Persistence