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