"They say greatness comes at a cost. If you want to achieve legendary status, you must make certain sacrifices. The demands of others oftentimes conflict with the demands of living an exceptional life. It takes a g-damn superman to meet all the expectations put upon a celebrity figure nowadays. Could Schwarzenegger have ascended to the top of both film and politics if he had actually given a f*ck about his family? I doubt it. Would Alexander the Great have conquered the world if he had "dialed it back?" Is it even possible to reconcile the needs of others with the need to win, when winning often means defeating your rivals at any cost?
I suppose it remains to be seen. But, there is one simple truth that you can always rely on in this f*cked up world. Victory is its own reward."
"if you dislike change you will like irrelevance even less." Shinseki
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” Teddy Roosevelt
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
“If you think you are beaten, you are; If you think you dare not, you don't. If you'd like to win, but think you can't It's almost certain you won't.
Life's battles don't always go To the stronger or faster man, But sooner or later the one who wins Is the one who thinks he can.” ? Walter D. Wintle (shortened and edited by John Withrow)
I used this last week in IMFL. Angel is close friend that recently lost her 3 yr old daughter to CHARGE syndrome. She writes a blog from time to time and recently she had a posted entitled "I CAN". She talked about how she was constantly saying "I can't". That same week, I had my own case of "I can't" with training for IMFL. At the time it just didn't seem to be coming together as I had wished. After reading of her and her family's struggles, mine seemed petty and I decided to take up the "I can" attitude. The the night before the race I decided to write "I can, I will, I am" on my arm as a reminder throughout my race day that I could indeed complete this race. Just a bit of inspiration throughout the day for myself.
Press on Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
That was hung on the wall of the kitchen as a boy growing up, and now hangs on the wall in my house
“To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong attitude." ~ Thomas Jefferson
"We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us." ~ Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
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Could Schwarzenegger have ascended to the top of both film and politics if he had actually given a f*ck about his family? I doubt it. Would Alexander the Great have conquered the world if he had "dialed it back?" Is it even possible to reconcile the needs of others with the need to win, when winning often means defeating your rivals at any cost?
I suppose it remains to be seen. But, there is one simple truth that you can always rely on in this f*cked up world. Victory is its own reward."
- Kenny Powers, 2013
- Carl Nofsger
"if you dislike change you will like irrelevance even less." Shinseki
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” Teddy Roosevelt
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
Muhammad Ali
"Hope is not a strategy" - Vince Lombardi
"It never gets easier, you just go faster" - Greg LeMond
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win, but think you can't
It's almost certain you won't.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But sooner or later the one who wins
Is the one who thinks he can.”
? Walter D. Wintle (shortened and edited by John Withrow)
Wreck-it-Ralph
So you think you are hurting, well so is the guy next to you.
There is nothing more consistent than change.
I used this last week in IMFL. Angel is close friend that recently lost her 3 yr old daughter to CHARGE syndrome. She writes a blog from time to time and recently she had a posted entitled "I CAN". She talked about how she was constantly saying "I can't". That same week, I had my own case of "I can't" with training for IMFL. At the time it just didn't seem to be coming together as I had wished. After reading of her and her family's struggles, mine seemed petty and I decided to take up the "I can" attitude. The the night before the race I decided to write "I can, I will, I am" on my arm as a reminder throughout my race day that I could indeed complete this race. Just a bit of inspiration throughout the day for myself.
- Kenny Powers.
(I could quote him all day)
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
That was hung on the wall of the kitchen as a boy growing up, and now hangs on the wall in my house
Today I chose to be as happy as a bird with a french fry.
We chose everyday whether to be happy or not. To love or not.
I hope everyone is having a happy, lovely day.
No idea who said it.
"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me." - Ayn Rand
"Do or Do Not, There is no try"- Yoda
Jennifer....that one is awesome.
OK, this one is not real, but I love it. Love yoda.
"Clear your mind of can't." -Samuel Johnson
No idea where this came from.
"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong attitude." ~ Thomas Jefferson
"We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us." ~ Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)