v     You can't win unless you learn how to lose.  -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

v     Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster; they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. -Muhammad Ali

v     One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. -Arthur Ashe

v     Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.  -Chris Evert Lloyd

v     Most people quit because of one reason and one reason only.... they decided not to win.  -Doug Firebaugh

v     The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours. -Peggy Fleming

v     Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. -Michael Jordan

v     I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing; I think that really is the key. -Imran Khan

v     There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time. -Malcolm X

v     Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself.  -Shannon Miller

v     Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do. -Shaquille ONeal

v     Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.  -Gloria Steinem

v     When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition. -Katarina Witt

v     It is necessary to try to surpass oneself always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.  -Queen Christina

v     If you are doing your best, you will not have time to worry about failure. -Robert Hillyer, Poet/Educator (1985-1961)

v "Practice is the price of mastery. Whatever you practice over and over again becomes a new habit of thought and performance." -- Brian Tracy

v    You've got to take the initiative and play your game.  Confidence makes the difference.  --Chris Evert Lloyd

v    "History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats." -- B. C. Forbes

v    "The only competition you will ever have is the competition between your disciplined and undisciplined mind." -- James A. Ray

v    No matter what the level of your ability, you have more potential than you can ever develop in a lifetime.
--James T. McCay

v    "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." -- Mahatma Gandhi

v    "The power of one is above all things the power to believe in yourself. Often well beyond any latent ability previously demonstrated. The mind is the athlete, the body is simply the means it uses." -- Bryce Courtenay