MESSAGE #1040 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT EMIL ZATOPEK #2

If
one
can stick
to the training
throughout
the many
long years,
then
will power
is
no longer
a problem.
It’s raining?
That doesn’t matter.
I am tired?
That’s beside the point.
It’s simply that
I just have to.

Emil Zatopek
Olympic
gold medalist
5,000 m
10,000 m
marathon

MESSAGE #784 - THREE THOUGHTS ON FEAR

“THE GREATEST MISTAKE A PERSON CAN MAKE

IS TO BE AFRAID OF MAKING ONE.”

Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)

philosopher and writer

“IT’S OK TO BE SCARED,

JUST DON’T LET IT DICTATE YOUR ACTIONS.”

Michele Akers

soccer player

“DON’T PERMIT FEAR OF FAILURE

TO PREVENT EFFORT.”

John Wooden

college basketball coach

MESSAGE #777 - WHAT A BUMBLEBEE CAN TEACH YOU ...

According to the laws

of aerodynamics,

the bumblebee is

unable to fly.

This is because

the size, weight, and

shape of its body

in relation to the

total wing-span

makes flying impossible.

The bumblebee,

being ignorant of

these laws,

goes ahead

and flies anyway!

author unknown

MESSAGE #694 - ADVICE FROM AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION #1

“If you go by
other people’s
opinions or
predictions,
you’ll just end up
talking yourself
out of something.
If you’re running
down the track
of life
thinking that
it’s impossible
to break
life’s records,
those thoughts
have a funny way
of sinking
into your feet.”

Carl Lewis
Olympic champion
track and field

MESSAGE #691 - ADVICE FROM A GENIUS

“Don’t keep forever

on the public road.

Leave the beaten

track occasionally

and drive into

the woods.

You will be certain

to find something

that you have never

seen before.

One discovery

will lead to another,

and before you know it,

you will have

something worth

thinking about

to occupy your mind.

All really big

discoveries

are the result

of thought.”

alexander graham bell (1847-1922)

inventor

MESSAGE #685 - THE FIRST STEP...

“The distance is nothing.

It is only the first step

that is difficult.”

Marie de Vichy-Chamrond

“Once begun:

half done.”

Rob Gilbert

Blogger

“It’s the

start

that stops

most people.”

Jennie Murphy

Educator