Perseverance

"Continuing a course of action despite discouragement, opposition and previous failure"
Unknown

"I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it."
Gale Sayers

"Winners never quit and quitters never win. The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost."
George Shultz

"No one was ever successful on talent alone, they had a relentless desire as well."
Unknown

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."
Vince Lombardi

"Failure is falling down and not getting back up to try again."
Unknown

"Victory belongs to the most persevering."
Napolean

"Continuous effort -- not strength or intelligence -- is the key to unlocking our potential."
Liane Cardes

"It is only through work and strife that either nation or individual moves on to greatness. The great man is always the man of mighty effort, and usually the man whom grinding need has trained to mighty effort."
Theodore Roosevelt

"Your training partner's name is pain. You start out trying to ignore him. Can't do it. You attempt to reason with him. No way. You try to strike a bargain. Hah. You plead. You say "Please stop, please go away. I promise never ever to do this again if you just leave me alone." But he won't. Pain only climbs off if you do. Then you're beaten."
Scott Martin

"Nothing will work unless you do."
John Wooden

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination."
Tommy Lasorda

Dedication

"Progress has little to do with speed, but much to do with direction."
Unknown

Endeavour

"A man without purpose is like a ship without a rudder."
Thomas Carlyle