Help with quotes??????

Question

what are your favorite inspirational quotes for athletes and teenagers?

my favorite is "we are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit" -aristotle

any others like that to motivate me?

Answer 1

Try hard to get what you like,

Else you will be forced to like what you get.  

Answer 2

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.  Bill Russell

When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do. Author: Bob Gibson

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself -- the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us -- that's where it's at. Author: Jesse Owens

I always tell our athletes, "The qualities you develop now, the things we're going to insist upon, will be with you for life, and they'll always be as sound and as good as they are now." All we're really talking about is a commitment to excellence. Lou Holtz

The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor. Vince Lombardi

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.Booker T. Washington

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Thomas Edison

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Henry Ward Beecher

Excellence is in the details. Give attention to the details and excellence will come.  Perry Paxton

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http://www.worldofquotes.com/topic/Athle...

http://www.quotationcollection.com/tag/c...

http://quotations.about.com/cs/inspirati...

Answer 3

   " For  a  man  to  achieve  all  that  is  demanded  of  him  he  must  regard  himself  as  greater  than  he  is . "

                                                                Goethe

Answer 4

"There's only one way to succeed in anything

and that is to give everything."

- Vince Lombardi

"The past cannot be changed.

The future is yet in your power."

- Hugh White

Success isn't how far you got, but the

distance you traveled from

where you started.

- Proverb

some of the ones i like...