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North Valley Tornados: Motivational Quotes
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New quotes will be added regularly. Players and parents are free to email their favorite ones to Coach Steve for posting!

Words On Strength of Spirit


"A Tornado is someone who looks challenge in the face, and however hopeless it might feel, she takes it head on with all her might because she believes it is the right thing to do. And win or lose, she knows she is a champion because she has done all she can." - Coach Steve

"We learn from this game that respect is worth fighting for, strong friendships and teammates are to be valued, and hard work and dedication will triumph in the end." - Coach Steve

"In our lives we will encounter many challenges, and tomorrow we face one together. How we accept challenge and attack challenge head on is only about us--no one can touch that. If we win or lose this weekend, it will not make a difference in our lives. But why we play and how we play will make a difference in our lives forever." - Beth Anders

"The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart." - Robert Green Ingersoll

"I have never lost a game in my life. Occasionally I have just run out of time." - Unknown

"If you can't win, make the person ahead of you break the record." - Unknown

"I do good when people doubt me. When someone says I can't do something, I want to do more. I won't back down from anybody." - Kenyon Martin

"A race is not well-run unless you've crossed the finish line knowing that you couldn't have kept going for one more step. If you could have, then you didn't give it everything you had." - Jackie Dugall

"I play to win. Even when common sense should tell me I no longer have a chance. Even when I have been playing at my worst and all the breaks have been going against me. I approach each new day, and each new game as a glorious opportunity to get going again." - Unknown

"Love the game. Love the game for the pure joy of accomplishment. Love the game for everything it can teach you about yourself. Love the game for the feeling of belonging to a group endeavoring to do its best. Love the game for being involved in a team whose members can't wait to see you do your best. Love the game for the challenge of working harder than you ever have at something and then harder than that. Love the game because it takes all team members to give it life. Love the game because at its best, the game tradition will include your contributions. Love the game because you belong to a long line of fine athletes who have loved it. It is now your legacy. Love the game so much that you will pass on your love of the game to another athlete who has seen your dedication, your work, your challenges, your triumphs... and then that athlete will, because of you, love the game." - Unknown

"I'm a team player. I play with my friends and with some of my enemies, but I respect everyone when it comes to my sport. I know I'm not going to get a multi-million dollar contract to play professionally. I know I may not even get my name in the paper. I play for love of the game. For the pride and honor, for the blood, sweat and tears it takes to make the team, to earn the spot, to win the game. I play because I can. I play because I know that my life would be empty without the sport I play. I would have a lack of everything my sport gives me... integrity, courage, talent, fearlessness, pride, strength, stamina, will, and the heart of a champion. If I didn't play, I would lose a part of me. I'm an athlete. I'm a girl. I'm a champion, not because my team always wins, but because when we don't, we learn from our mistakes. We try to fix them. Most of all we have fun. I have built lifelong friendships and memories because of my being an athlete. I am never happy with second place, but I have learned to accept it. I have learned to get over and through my anger and be the athlete and player I have always dreamed of being. I don't play for my parents, for my family, for my friends; I don't play for my coach or my teachers or my school. I play for myself but when I'm playing I represent them. It isn't about winning or losing, but I hate to lose. I won't settle for a tie, and I am not satisfied with only 100%. To play, you have to sacrifice everything, your body, your time, your sweat, blood, and tears, everything... for your team. I am a player, and athlete and a champion, not because I know what it is like to win, but because I know what it is like to lose. I know what it is like to feel the anger and pain that comes along with "second best." I have been that girl with tears in her eyes, walking out to receive the second place trophy and clapping as the other team, my opponents, receive the first place one. I know what it is like to lose, to win, to want to quit, to want to cry, to not want to get up. I know what it is like to hear the cheers and yells for you. I know what it is like to feel the pressure of everyone on your shoulders, and I know what it is like to choke under that pressure. I know what it means to be an athlete, a true player, and that is why I play. I AM AN ATHLETE, A CHAMPION, A TRUE PLAYER." - "An Athlete's Pride"



Words On Determination and Diligence


"Practice does not make perfect. Visualize perfection and practice it. Practice makes permanent." - Coach Jesus

"The DIFFICULT I will do TODAY, the impossible will take a little while." - US Army Engineer Corp Motto

"Be proud of your efforts, but not content with the results." - Coach Steve

"Make a difference, not a deference." - Coach Steve

"This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you choose. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind. Let it be something good." - Unknown

"When the stands are empty, POLISH. When the stands are full, SHINE!" - Nike

"Strive to be the best you can be...focus, watch, listen, and learn. Never to be satisfied with 'good enough', and above all, love what you do--share that passion with others, and always stay humble. Nobody likes a 'big head' no matter how good you are." - Robby Naish

"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 late 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." - Muhammed Ali

"Being the best that you can be is only possible if your desire to be a champion is greater than your fear of failure." - Sammy Lee

"Quitting is only a shortcut to losing. Do not throw in the towel; use it for wiping the sweat off your face." - Unknown

"I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying." - Michael Jordan

"When I was fifteen, I had lucky underwear. When that failed, I had a lucky hairdo, then a lucky race number, even lucky race days. After fifteen years, I've found the secret to success is simple: it's hard work." - Margaret Groos

"Play like you're in first, but train like you're in second." - Unknown

"When you're not practicing, remember, someone, somewhere, is practicing and when you meet her, she will win." - Bill Bradley

"Not everyone who practices every day is a champion. But everyone who is a champion practices every day." - Unknown

"Great teams work harder after a tough loss." - Ron Brown

"The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle." - Unknown

"Training is what you are doing while your opponent is sleeping in." - Brian Owen

"Fall seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese Proverb



Words on Sportsmanship and Grace


"Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength. In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher." - Dalai Lama

"Sportsmanship is not just about being nice. It is much more important than that. It's about realizing that you could not compete without an opponent and that she has the same goals as you." - Stephanie Deibler

"In sport, part of the game is accepting the umpire's call, no matter how hard that might be. Sometimes the calls go your way, and sometimes they don't." - Dr. Dot Richardson

"It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies." - Arthur Calwell

"How a man plays the game shows something of his character; how he loses shows it all." - Unknown

"One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it." - Knute K. Rockne




Words on Teamwork and Unity


"PENCILS!" - Coach Steve

"Be your sister's keeper" - GOD :-)

"When all is said and done, it's not the shots that won the championship that you remember, but the friendships you made along the way." - Unknown

"Teammates are there for each other even after the noise of the crowd is gone." - Jim Brown

"No matter how much I've won, or how much outside praise has come my way, or where it goes from here, there's one clear fact that has never, ever been lost on me. I didn't do this alone." - Unknown

"A team with a star player is a good team, but a team without one is a great team." - Unknown

"I think a lot of our team commitment is a silent understanding that each one of us has poured our life into what we're doing." - Claire Carver-Dias

"Just as in a rainbow - if there was only one color it would not be beautiful. On our team--if there was only one player it would not be victorious." - Unknown

"I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down, and I will not let myself down." - Mia Hamm

"I have never stolen a ball, scored a goal, or won a game alone." - Kristin Lilly





  
 
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