MESSAGE #987 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT LEE TREVINO

There is
no such thing
as
natural touch.
Touch
is
something you create
by hitting
millions
of golf balls.

Lee Trevino
professional golfer

MESSAGE #985 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DENIS WAITLEY

Goals
provide
the energy source
that
powers our lives.
One
of
the best ways
we can get
the most
from
the energy
we have
is
to focus it.
That is
what goals
can do
for us:
concentrate
our energy.

Denis Waitley
motivational speaker
and writer

MESSAGE #984 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT WARREN BUFFET

It’s better
to hang out
with people
better than you.
Pick out associates
whose behavior
is better
than yours
and
you’ll drift
in that direction.

Warren Buffet
CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
one of the greatest investors ever

MESSAGE #983 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JODIE FOSTER

Normal
is not
something
to
aspire to;
it’s
something
to
get away from!

Jodie Foster
actor

MESSAGE #982 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT KIPLING

Gardens
are not
made
by sitting
in the
shade.

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
British writer

MESSAGE #981 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DALE CARNEGIE

Flaming enthusiasm,
backed by
horse sense and persistence,
is the quality
that
most frequently
makes for success.

Dale Carnegie (1888-1955)
author
“How to Win Friends
and Influence People”

MESSAGE #980 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT NAPOLEON HILL

The moment
you commit
and
quit holding back,
all sorts of
unforeseen
incidents,
meetings,
and
material assistance
will rise up
to help you.
The simple act
of
commitment
is a
powerful magnet
for help.

Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
author
“Think and Grow Rich”

MESSAGE #979 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT HOWARD THURMAN

Don’t ask
what the world needs.
Ask
what makes you come alive,
and go do it.
Because
what the world needs
is
people who have come alive.

Howard Thurman (1900-1981)
American clergyman
educator and activist

MESSAGE #978 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JIMMY DURANTE

Nobody realizes
that
I work
18 hours-a-day
for a solid month
to make
that TV hour
look like
it’s never been rehearsed!

Jimmy Durante (1893-1980)
American comedian,
singer & actor

MESSAGE #977 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT KIERKEGAARD

To dare
is
to lose
one’s footing
momentarily.
Not to dare
is
to lose
oneself.

Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
Danish philosopher

Stolen from John & Arlene’s fridge!

MESSAGE #976 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DIANA NYAD #3

If you want
to touch
the other shore
badly enough –
barring an
impossible situation –
YOU WILL!
If your desire
is diluted
for any reason –
YOU WILL NEVER MAKE IT.

Diana Nyad
world champion
long-distance swimmer

MESSAGE #975 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DIANA NYAD #2

I am willing
to put myself
through anything-
temporary pain or discomfort
means nothing
to me
as long as
I can see that
the experience
will take me
to a new level.
I am interested in
the unknown,
and
the only path
to the unknown
is
through breaking barriers -
an often painful process.

Diana Nyad
world champion
long-distance swimmer

Thank you, Patrick Breen

MESSAGE #974 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DIANA NYAD #1

There is nothing
greater than
touching the shore
after crossing
some
great body of water
knowing
that I’ve done it
with my own
two arms and legs.

Diana Nyad
world champion
long-distance swimmer

MESSAGE #973 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT RALPH WALDO EMERSON

The virtue
you would like
to have,
assume it is
already yours,
appropriate it,
enter into the part
and
live the character
just as
the great actor
is absorbed in...
the part he plays.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
philosopher

MESSAGE #972 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT STEVE MARTIN

I think
I did
pretty well,
considering
I started out
with nothing
but
a bunch of
blank paper.

Steve Martin
comedian
& movie star

MESSAGE #971 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MARCUS AURELIUS

I am
an old man
and
have had
many worries,
but
most
have never
come to pass.

Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
Roman emperor

MESSAGE #970 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT AMOS ALONZO STAGG

No coach
won a game
by what
he
knows;
it’s what
his players
have learned.

Amos Alonzo Stagg (1862-1965)
one of the greatest coaches
(and innovators) in the history
of college football
extra credit: born in West Orange, NJ

Thanks, John Sikes

MESSAGE #969 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JOHN McCARTHY

It’s important
to be
successful;
it’s essential
to be
significant.

John McCarthy
award-winning educator
and coach

MESSAGE #968 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GEORGE CARLIN

Have you
ever noticed
that
anyone
driving slower
than you
is
an idiot
and
anyone
going faster
than you
is
a maniac.

George Carlin (1937-2008)
comedian

MESSAGE #967 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT WARREN BUFFET

It’s better
to hang out
with people
better than you.
Pick out
associates
whose behavior
is better
than yours,
and
you’ll drift
in that direction.

Warren Buffet
investor
one of the world’s
richest people

MESSAGE #966 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT THEISMANN

I was
always told
that
I was
too small,
too skinny,
too slow,
not tough enough,
and
I never ever believed
what
people
told me.

Joe Theismann
pro football quarterback

MESSAGE #965 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT OPRAH

Turn
your wounds
into
wisdom.

Oprah Winfrey
entertainer

MESSAGE #964 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT BILL COSBY

In order
to succeed,
your desire
for success
should be greater
than
your fear
of failure.

Bill Cosby, Ed.D.
entertainer
Ed.D., UMass 1976

MESSAGE #963 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ZIG ZIGLAR

You can
get
anything you want
if
you help
enough people
get
what they want.

Zig Ziglar
motivational speaker

MESSAGE #962 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT CRAIG VENTER

I don’t know
if
the optimists
or
the pessimists
are right.
But,
the optimists
are going
to get
something done.

Craig Venter
biologist

Thanks, Jon Ellenthal

MESSAGE #961 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ANGELA MONET

Those
who danced
were thought
to be
quite insane
by those
who could not hear
the music.

ANGELA MONET
???

Thanks, Professor Melissa Sapio

MESSAGE #960 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DWIGHT MOODY

I have had
more trouble
with
myself
than
with
any other person
I have ever met.

Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899)
Evangelist

MESSAGE #959 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ANDY ROONEY

Being kind
is
better than
being right.
Keep
your words
soft and tender
because
you may have
to eat them
tomorrow.

Andy Rooney
TV commentator
“60 Minutes”

Thanks, Gary Pritchard

MESSAGE #958 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT SHIRLEY MACLAINE

I think
of life
as a
wonderful
play
that
I’ve written
for myself.
And
my purpose is
to have
the most fun
playing
my part.

Shirley MacLaine
entertainer

MESSAGE #957 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT AMELIA EARHART

The most
effective way
to do it
is
to do it.

Amelia Earhart (1897-1937)
American aviator
first person
to fly solo
across Pacific

MESSAGE #956 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST

The
best and fastest
way
to learn
a sport
is
to watch
and imitate
a champion.

Jean-Claude Killy
winner of three
Olympic gold medals
in alpine skiing

MESSAGE #955 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT COACH PATERNO

Success
without honor
is an
unseasoned dish.
It will
satisfy your hunger,
but
it won’t
taste good.

Joe Paterno
head football coach
Penn State
since 1966

MESSAGE #954 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT WORLD CHESS CHAMPION

You can only
get good
at chess
if
you love
the game.

Bobby Fischer (1943-2008)
the 11th world chess champion

MESSAGE #953 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT CAPABLANCA

You may learn
much more
from a game
you lose
than
from a game
you win.
You will have
to lose
hundreds of games
before becoming
a good player.

Jose Capablanca (1888-1942)
chess superstar

MESSAGE #952 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT TONY ROBBINS

If you want
to be successful,
find someone
who has achieved
the results
you want
and copy
what
they do
and
you’ll achieve
the same
results.

Tony Robbins
motivational speaker
and author

MESSAGE #951 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GREAT COACH

I’m not
a
yeller.
My theory
is
that
no one
goes out there
trying
to screw up.

Amy Ruley
head women’s basketball coach
North Dakota State University

MESSAGE #950 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MARVA COLLINS

There is a
brilliant
child
locked inside
every
student.

Marva Collins
super educator

MESSAGE #949 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GOETHE

Treat people
as if
they were
what
they
ought to be
and
you
help them
to become
what
they
are capable
of being.

Goethe (1749-1832)
German writer

Thank you, Deborah Rotella

MESSAGE #948 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT BOB SPOUSTA

Hard work
beats
talent
when
talent
doesn’t
work hard.

Bob Spousta
head coach of crew
George Mason University

MESSAGE #947 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER

Ninety-nine percent
of the
failures
come from people
who
have the habit
of making
excuses.

George Washington Carver (1864-1943)
botanist, educator, & inventor

MESSAGE #946 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DAN GABLE

Gold medals
aren’t
really made
of
gold.
They’re
made of
sweat,
determination,
and
a hard-to-find alloy
called
guts.

Dan Gable.
1972 Olympic
gold medalist in
wrestling

MESSAGE #945 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT SUPERMAN

Clark Kent
is
who
I am.
Superman
is
what
I can do.

Superman
superhero

MESSAGE #944 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ANN TRASON

IT
HURTS
UP
TO A POINT
AND THEN
IT
DOESN’T GET
ANY WORSE.

Ann Trason
ultramarathon superstar

MESSAGE #943 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GREAT COACH

Flatter me,
and
I may not
believe you.
Criticize me,
and
I may not
like you.
Ignore me,
and
I may not
forgive you.
Encourage me,
and
I may not
forget you.

William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
inspirational writer

MESSAGE #942 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT COACH JIM DIETZ

As long as
you put in
the work,
you can own
the dream.
When
the work
stops,
the dream
disappears.

Jim Dietz
head women’s crew coach
UMass Amherst

MESSAGE #941 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ROY WILLIAMS

Hard work
doesn’t
guarantee success,
but
without it
you
have no chance.
I always want
people
to know
that
nobody’s
going to
outwork me.
I may screw it up.
I may make a bad substitution.
I may call a bad play.
But there’s no way
that any other coach
can outwork me.
And that’s
what motivates me
every
single
day.

Roy Williams
head men’s basketball coach
University of North Carolina

from the book
“Hard Work”
by
Roy Williams

MESSAGE #940 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT LARRY BIRD

Even when
I lost,
I learned
what
my weaknesses
were
and
I went out
the next day
to turn
those
weaknesses
into
strengths.

Larry Bird
pro basketball superstar

MESSAGE #939 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GREAT PARENT

If you
can give
your
son or daughter
only one gift –
let it be
enthusiasm.

Bruce Barton (1886-1967)
writer and
advertising executive

MESSAGE #938 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GREAT GREAT

Don’t say
you don’t have
enough time.
You have
exactly
the same number
of hours per day
that were given to
Helen Keller,
Louis Pasteur,
Michelangelo,
Leonardo da Vinci,
Thomas Jefferson,
and
Albert Einstein.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
writer

MESSAGE #937 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MIA HAMM

You may get
skinned
knees and elbows,
but
it’s worth it
if you score
a spectacular goal.

Mia Hamm
soccer superstar

MESSAGE #936 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD

The price
of
excellence
is
discipline.
The cost
of
mediocrity
is
disappointment.

William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
inspirational writer

MESSAGE #935 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT OVID

There
is no
excellency
without
difficulty.

Ovid (43 BC – A.D. 17)
Roman poet

MESSAGE #934 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ELI WIESEL

The opposite of love
is not hate,
it’s indifference.
The opposite of art
is not ugliness,
it’s indifference.
The opposite of faith
is not heresy,
it’s indifference.
And the opposite of life
is not death,
it’s indifference.

Eli Wiesel
Holocaust survivor
Nobel Peace Prize winner

MESSAGE #933 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT STEVEN WRIGHT

When
I was
a kid,
they told
me
that,
“Practice makes perfect.”
Then
they told
me
that,
“Nobody’s perfect.”
So . . .
I stopped practicing!

Steven Wright
comedian

MESSAGE #932 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT LARRY BIRD

A winner
is someone who
recognizes
his
God-given talents,
works
his
tail off to develop them
into skills,
and
uses
these skills
to accomplish
his
goals.

Larry Bird
pro basketball superstar

MESSAGE #931 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ALAN MILLER, CEO

If you’re
going to quit
after an obstacle,
you’re in trouble
because
you’re going to have
another one.
You’ll have
to overcome
that one too.
People who
can do that
can have
a very successful career
and
contribute to society
and
feel worthwhile.

Alan Miller
founder & CEO
Universal Health Services

MESSAGE #930 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT AYN RAND

A creative man
is motivated
by the desire
to achieve,
not
by the desire
to beat others.

Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
author of
“The Fountainhead” &
“Atlas Shrugged”

MESSAGE #929 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT WILLIAM GAINES

Most of my
major disappointments
have turned out
to be
blessings in disguise.
So whenever
anything bad
does happen
to me,
I kind of
sit back
and feel --
well, if I
gave this
enough time,
it’ll turn out
that this was good,
so I shouldn’t
worry about it
too much.

William Gaines (1922-1992)
publisher
“Mad” magazine

MESSAGE #928 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JOAN BENOIT SAMUELSON

Every time
I fail,
I assume
I will be
a stronger person
for it.

Joan Benoit Samuelson
gold medalist
1984 Olympic marathon

MESSAGE #927 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT WYATT EARP

Fast
is fine,
but
accuracy is
everything.

Wyatt Earp (1848-1929)
lawman

MESSAGE #926 - HOW TO BE A HERO

The cave
you fear
to enter
holds
the treasure
you seek.

Joseph Campbell (1904-1987)
mythologist
author of
“The Hero with a Thousand Faces”

MESSAGE #925 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT SENECA

It is
not because
things are difficult
that
we do not dare;
it is
because
we do not dare
that
things are difficult.

Seneca (c. 4 BC–65 AD)
Roman philosopher

MESSAGE #924 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT BRUCE BARTON

If
you have
anything
really valuable
to contribute
to
the world,
it will come
through
the expression
of
your own personality -
that single
spark of divinity
that sets you off
and
makes you different
from
every other living creature.

Bruce Barton (1886-1947)
American author,
advertising executive &
politician

MESSAGE #923 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT COACH JOHNSON

The reason
most people
fail
instead of
succeed
is that
they trade
what they want
MOST
for
what they want
AT THE MOMENT.

SuperCoach Chuck Johnson
head football coach
Ridgewood High School (NJ)

MESSAGE #922 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT WILMA RUDOLPH

The doctors
told me
I would never
walk,
but
my mother
told me
I would –
so
I believed
my mother.

Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994)
American Olympic
triple gold medalist
in track & field

MESSAGE #921 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GREAT TV NEWS ANCHOR

It’s easy
to make
a buck,
but
it’s tough
to make
a difference.

Tom Brokaw
television journalist

MESSAGE #920 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DOUG WILDER

There
will be
those
who will
tell you
that
you can’t make it
because of
how you look,
because of
the way you talk.
We all
have heard that –
I almost listened.

L. Douglas Wilder
American politician
(first African American
to be elected governor)

MESSAGE #919 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT HAMMERSTEIN

I do not
sit down
to work
because
I am
inspired;
I become
inspired
because
I
sit down
to work.

Oscar Hammerstein (1895-1960)
Broadway lyricist for
“The Sound of Music,”
“Carousel,”
“The King and I,”
“South Pacific” &
“Oklahoma!”

MESSAGE #918 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT SCOTT ADAMS

Creativity
is allowing
yourself
to make mistakes.
Art
is knowing
which ones
to keep.

Scott Adams
creator of the
Dilbert comic strip

MESSAGE #917 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MILES DAVIS

When I write
music,
I don’t ask
people
to tell
me
what
they
want to hear.
They
don’t really know
what
moves them
until
it
moves them.

Miles Davis (1926-1991)
jazz composer, musician,
& bandleader

MESSAGE #916 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT EDITH WHARTON

There are
two ways
of spreading light:
to be the
candle
or the
mirror
that reflects it.

Edith Wharton (1882-1937)
American novelist

MESSAGE #915 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MARGARET THATCHER

What great cause
would have been
fought for and won
under the banner,
“I stand for consensus”?

Margaret Thatcher
British Prime Minister

MESSAGE #914 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT RONALD REAGAN

It
can
be
done.

sign on the desk of
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)
40th U.S. President

MESSAGE #913 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DENNIS MURRI

Individual commitment
to a
team effort –
that’s what
makes
a
team
work.

sign in the office of
Dennis Murri
SuperCoach
Ridgefield Park High School
New Jersey

MESSAGE #912 - HOW TO BE A MARINE OFFICER

Superior thinking
has always
overwhelmed
superior force.

poster in the office of
a Marine recruiter

MESSAGE #911 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT W. CLEMENT STONE

There is
very little difference
in people,
but
that
little difference
makes
a big difference.
The
little difference
is
attitude.
The
big difference
is
whether
it is
positive or negative.

sign in the office of
W. Clement Stone (1902-2002)
former president
Security Services Company
author
“The Success System That Never Fails”

MESSAGE #910 -- HOW TO BE THE NEXT STEW LEONARD

Success people
are
the few
who
focus
and
follow through.

sign in the office of
Stew Leonard, Jr.
president
Stew Leonard’s Dairy

MESSAGE #909 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT LBJ

When
you’re talking,
you
ain’t
learning.

sign in the Senate office of
Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973)
36th U.S. President

MESSAGE #908 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT EINSTEIN

Not everything
that
counts
can be
counted
and
not everything
that
can be
counted
counts.

sign in the office of
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

MESSAGE #907 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DR. CHARLES MAYO

THERE’S
NO FUN
LIKE
WORK.

sign in the office of
Charles Mayo, M.D. (1865-1939)
Co-Founder
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

MESSAGE #906 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT OPRAH

Right now
you are
one choice
away from
a
new
beginning.

Oprah Winfrey

MESSAGE #905 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Never give up,
for
that is
just
the
place
and
time
that
the tide
will turn.

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)
author
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin

MESSAGE #904 - HOW TO BE THE GREATEST

The fight
is
won or lost
far away
from
witnesses –
behind the lines,
in the gym,
and
out there
on the road,
long before
I dance
under those lights.

Muhammad Ali

MESSAGE #903 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT FRANK TIBOLT

We
should be
taught
not to wait
for
inspiration
to
start
a
thing.
Action
always
generates
inspiration.
Inspiration
seldom
generates
action.

Frank Tibolt (1897-1989)
author
“A Touch of Greatness”

MESSAGE #902 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT OPRAH

Right now
you are
only
one choice
away from
a
new
beginning.

Oprah Winfrey

MESSAGE #901 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT WILLIAM JAMES

Most people
live,
whether
physically,
intellectually,
or
morally,
in a very
restricted circle
of their
potential being.
They
make use of
a very small portion
of their
possible consciousness,
and
of their
soul’s resources
in general,
much like
a man
who
out of
his whole
bodily organism,
should
get
in the habit of
using and moving
only
his little finger.
Great
emergencies and crises
show us
how much greater
our vital resources
are
than
we had
supposed.

William James (1842-1910)
father of American psychology

MESSAGE #910 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MARIO ANDRETTI

Do it
no matter what.
If you believe
in it,
it is
something
very honorable.
If
somebody
around you
or
your family
does not
understand it,
then that’s
their problem.
But,
if
you have
a passion,
an honest passion -
just
do
it.

Mario Andretti
race car driver

MESSAGE #909 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT CINDERELLA

She
believed
in dreams,
all right,
but
she
also
believed
in doing
something
about them.
When
Prince Charming
didn’t
come along,
she
went over
to the palace
and
got him!

Walt Disney
(explaining
how
Cinderella
was different
from
Snow White)

MESSAGE #908 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DR. SEUSS

If
you have
a brain
in
your head
and
feet
in
your shoes,
you can
steer
yourself
in
any direction
you choose.

Theodor Seuss (1904-1991)
American writer & cartoonist

MESSAGE #907 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GENERAL GEORGE PATTON

When
in doubt,
observe
and
ask
questions.
When
certain,
observe
at length
and
ask
many more
questions.

George S. Patton (1885-1945)
United States Army officer

MESSAGE #906 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MEG CABOT

Save
your
rejections
so that
later
when
you are
famous
you
can show
them
to people
and laugh.

Meg Cabot
writer

MESSAGE #905 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ERMA BOMBECK

When
I stand
before
God
at the
end
of my
life,
I
would hope
that
I
would not
have
a single bit
of talent
left
and
could say,
“I used
everything
you
gave me.”

Erma Bombeck (1927-1996)
American humorist &
newspaper columnist

MESSAGE #904 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT CHRISTOPHER MORLEY

There
are
three
ingredients
in
the
good
life:
learning,
earning,
and
yearning.

Christopher Morley (1890-1957)
American writer

MESSAGE #903 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT THOMAS EDISON

Our
greatest
weakness
lies in
giving up.
The
most certain
way
to succeed
is always
to try
just
one more
time.

Thomas Edison (1847-1931)
world’s greatest inventor

MESSAGE #902 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ZIG ZIGLAR

I discipline
myself
to do
the things
I need
to do
when
I need
to do
them
because
I know
that
doing them
will
enable me
someday
to do
the things
I want
to do
when
I want
to do
them.

Zig Ziglar
motivational speaker

MESSAGE #901 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT SUSAN BUTCHER

There
are
many
hard things
in life.
There
is
only
one
sad thing –
giving up.

Susan Butcher (1954-2006)
champion dogsled racer

MESSAGE #900 - HOW TO BE A GREAT COLLEGE STUDENT

#1. Show up.
#2. Pay attention
#3. Ask questions
#4. Ask for help.
#5. Help others.
#6. Take great notes.
#7. Do more than expected.
#8. Do NOT cheat.
#9. No matter what – DON’T QUIT!
10. Read “How to Have Fun Without Failing Out.”

Rob Gilbert, Ph.D.
author
“How to Have Fun Without Failing Out”

MESSAGE #899 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DR. VISCOTT

The
purpose
of life
is to
discover
your gifts.
The
meaning
of life
comes from
giving
your gifts
away.

David Viscott, M.D. (1938-1996)
psychiatrist &
radio talk-show host

MESSAGE #898 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT CARL JUNG

Everything
that irritates
us
about others
can lead
us
to an
understanding
of
ourselves.

Carl Jung

MESSAGE #897 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT SPIRITUAL MASTER

All the happiness
there is
in this world
arises from
wishing
others
to be happy.
All the suffering
there is
in this world
arises from
wishing
oneself
to be happy.

Shantideva (687-763)
Indian Buddhist scholar

MESSAGE #896 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT SOMERSET MAUGHAM

It’s
a funny thing
about life;
if
you
refuse
to accept
anything
but the best,
you
very often
get it.

W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
writer

MESSAGE #895 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JACK NICKLAUS

Confidence
is
the
most important
single factor
in this game
and
no matter
how great
your
natural talent
there is
only
one way
to obtain it –
work.

Jack Nicklaus
superstar golfer

MESSAGE #894 - HOW TO GET THE NEXT JOB YOU APPLY FOR

The person
who
gets hired
is not
necessarily
the one
who
can do
that job
best;
but,
the one
who knows
the most
about
how
to get hired.

Richard Bolles
job-hunting expert
author
“What Color Is Your Parachute?”

MESSAGE #893 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JOSEPH CAMPBELL

If
you follow
your bliss,
doors
will open
for you
that
wouldn’t
have opened
for
anyone else.

Joseph Campbell (1904-1987)
professor & writer

MESSAGE #892 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT IRWIN GREENBERG

Don't
allow yourself
to be
crushed
by failure.
Rembrandt
had failures.
Success
grows
from failure.

Irwin Greenberg
artist & art teacher

MESSAGE #891 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ROCCO MEDIATE

Momentum
is
the most
unstoppable force
in sports.
The only way
to stop it
is
if you get
in your own way,
start making
stupid mistakes,
or
stop believing
in yourself.

Rocco Mediate
professional golfer

Thank you: John Sikes!

MESSAGE #890 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT FAILURE

I cannot
give
you
the formula
for success.
But
I can
give
you
the formula
for failure
which is:
Try to
please
everybody
all the time.

Herbert B. Swope (1882-1958)
journalist

MESSAGE #889 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ERIC BUTTERWORTH

You
can change
your life
by
altering
your thoughts.

Eric Butterworth (1916-2003)
Unity minister

MESSAGE #888 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JIMMY DURANTE

Be nice
to people
on
your way up
because
you
meet them
on
your way down.

Jimmy Durante (1893-1980)
actor & singer

MESSAGE #887 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JOHN McENROE

The
important
thing
is
to learn
a lesson
every
time
you lose.

John McEnroe
tennis superstar

MESSAGE #886 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GREAT MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER

Success
is not
a secret.
It never
has been.
There
are only
a few
really good ideas,
and
not one
of them
is a secret.

Larry Winget
motivational speaker & author

MESSAGE #885 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT WINSTON CHURCHILL

There is
only
one thing
worse
than
fighting with
allies,
and
that is
fighting without
them.

Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
British prime minister

MESSAGE #884 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT “BIRD”

If you don’t
live it,
it won’t
come out
of your horn.

Charlie “Bird” Parker (1920-1955)
saxophonist & composer

MESSAGE #883 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT CHRISTY MATHEWSON

You can learn
a little
from
victory.
You can learn
everything
from
defeat.

Christy Mathewson (1880-1925)
Hall of Fame
pitcher

MESSAGE #882 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JOHN MAXWELL

People
will work
eight hours a day
for pay,
10 hours a day
for a good boss,
and
24 hours a day
for a good cause!

John C. Maxwell
pastor, leadership expert,
and author

MESSAGE #881 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT LORETTA YOUNG

There’s nothing
complicated
about
what
you do
with a promise.
You make it.
You keep it.

Loretta Young (1913-2000)
movie & TV star

MESSAGE #880 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ROBERT SCHUMANN

There are
two
very difficult things
in the world.
One
is
to make a name
for oneself
and
the other
is
to keep it.

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
classical music composer

MESSAGE #879 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DEREK JETER

The longer
you wait
to decide
what you
want to do –
the more time
you’re wasting.
It’s up to you
to want
something so badly
that your passion
shows through.
Your actions,
not your words,
will do
the shouting
for you.

Derek Jeter
future Hall of Fame
baseball player

MESSAGE #878 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT IRVING SHAW

Writing
is like
a contact sport,
like football.
Why do kids
play football?
They can get hurt
on any play,
can’t they?
Yet
they can’t wait
until
Saturday comes around
so they can play
on the high school team,
or the college team,
and get smashed around.
Writing
is like
that.
You can get hurt,
but you enjoy it!

Irwin Shaw (1913-1984)
writer

MESSAGE #877 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT J.K. ROWLING

Anything’s
possible
if
you’ve
got
enough
nerve.

J.K. Rowling
author
“Harry Potter” series

MESSAGE #876 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DALE CARNEGIE

All life is
a chance.
So take it!
The person
who goes furthest
is the one
who is willing
to do
and
dare.

Dale Carnegie (1988-1955)
author of
“How to Win Friends
and Influence People”

MESSAGE #875 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN AUTHOR

There’s not much
to be said
about the period
except that
most writers
don’t
reach it
soon enough.

William Zinsser
writer, editor, professor

MESSAGE #874 - HOW TO WRITE THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL

Three characteristics
a work of fiction
must possess
in order to
be successful:
#1.
It must have
a precise
and
suspenseful plot.
#2.
The author must feel
a passionate urge
to write it.
#3.
He must
have the conviction,
or at least
the illusion,
that
he is the only one.
who can handle
this
particular theme.

Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991)
novelist

MESSAGE #873 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GREAT POET

There are
three things,
after all,
that a poem
must reach:
the eye,
the ear,
and what
we may call
the heart
or
the mind.
It is
the most important
of all
to reach
the heart
of the reader.

Robert Frost (1874-1963)
poet

MESSAGE #872 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT EINSTEIN

If A is success
in life,
then

A = X + Y + Z

X is work.
Y is play.
Z is keeping
your mouth shut.

Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
genius

MESSAGE #871 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT BILLIONAIRE

Rise early.
Work late.
Strike oil.

J. Paul Getty (1892-1976)
Founder
Getty Oil Company

MESSAGE #870 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT KATHARINE HEPBURN

Few people
know
what they mean
when
they say,
“I love you.”
What does
the word
“love”
mean?
It means
total interest.

Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003)
movie star

MESSAGE #869 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GREAT MOUSEKETEER

Life
does not
have to be
perfect
to be
wonderful.

Annette Funicello
star
Mickey Mouse Club TV show

MESSAGE #868 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JACKIE GLEASON

If
you
want to
make it,
you’ve
got to
have
a
pretty good
opinion
of
yourself.

Jackie Gleason (1916-1987)
TV & movie star

MESSAGE #867 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GEORGE BURNS

I would rather
be
a failure
in something
I love
than
be
a success
in something
I hate.

George Burns (1896-1996)
TV & movie star

MESSAGE #866 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT CAROL BURNETT

It doesn’t do
any good
to put
yourself
down.
If other people
are going
to have
negative thoughts,
that’s
their problem.

Carol Burnett
TV star

MESSAGE #865 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT BARBARA WALTERS

The hardest thing
you
will
ever do
is
trust yourself.

Barbara Walters
journalist & media personality

MESSAGE #864 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT LUCY

Love
yourself
first.

Lucille Ball (1911-1989)
film & TV star

MESSAGE #863 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MEL BROOKS

Hope
for
the best.
Expect
the worst.
Life
is a play.
We’re
unrehearsed.

Mel Brooks
film director

MESSAGE #862 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DONNA REED

When you handle
yourself,
use your head;
when you handle
others,
use your heart.

Donna Reed (1921-1986)
film & TV star

MESSAGE #861 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JOHN WAYNE

Courage
is
being
scared to death
and
saddling up
anyway.

John Wayne (1907-1979)
movie star

MESSAGE #860 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT BATTING CHAMP

If you want

to hit

a baseball

better than

anyone else

you have

to learn

how

to keep

your mind

off your mind.

Rob Gilbert (1947 - )

lifelong Red Sox fan

MESSAGE #859 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT YAZ

I think

about baseball

all day.

I dream

about baseball

all night.

The only time

I don’t think

about baseball

is when

I’m playing it.

Carl Yastrzemski

Hall of Fame

baseball player

MESSAGE #858 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT YOGI BERRA

You
can’t
think
and
hit
at
the
same
time.

Yogi Berra
Hall of Fame
baseball player & manager

MESSAGE #857 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT PETE ROSE

Fear

strikes

out.

Pete Rose

Major League Baseball

player