| If you sacrifice early, you'll win late. |
| Charles Haley |
| Ask yourself: Can I give more. Then answer is usually: Yes. |
| Paul Tergat |
| Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to. |
| Henry Van Dyke |
| Whether you believe you can or believe you can't, you're probably right. |
| Henry Ford |
| If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price. |
| Bud Wilkinson |
| Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. |
| Steve Prefontaine |
| Don't brother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. |
| William Faulkner |
| Doctors and scientists said that breaking the fourminute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead. |
| Roger Bannister |
| There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure. |
| Colin Powell |
| Do not throw in the towel; use it for wiping the sweat of your face |
| Unknown |
| You can't get much done in life if you work on the days when you feel good |
| Jerry West |
| The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender |
| Vince Lombardi |
| In running, it doesn't matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say, I have finished. There is a lot of satisfaction in that. |
| Fred Lebow |
| The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start. |
| John Bingham |