There is a great deal of valuable wisdom to be gained from sports athletes who have managed to reach the pinnacle in their fields. To reach this, they have travelled along the path that led them to their attainment excellence and their thoughts and insights are equivalent to gold dust, priceless!
You can search yourself for what words of wisdom inspire you.
These are some of the few that resonate with me personally.
" The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20, has wasted 30 years of his life"
Mohammed Ali
"If you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on earth"
Roberto Clemente
"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give a person, he believed in me"
Jim Valvano
"Age is no barrier. Its a limitation you put on your mind"
Jackie Joiner Kersee
"In the end, its extra effort that separates a winner from second place, but winning takes a lot too. It starts with complete command of the fundamentals, then it takes desire, determination, discipline and self-sacrifice. And finally, it takes a great deal of love, fairness and respect for your fellow man. Put these all together, and even if you don't win, how can you lose?"
Jesse Owens
"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation"
Plato
"I figure that practice puts brains in your muscles"
Rudy
"Statistics are like a bikini, what they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital" Aaron Levenstein
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