My father told me once that the most important thing every man should know is what he would die for.
Once you've wrestled, everything in life is easy.
Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit. Give everything you got today for tomorrow may never come.
The 1st period is won by the best technician. The 2nd period is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3rd period is won by the kid with the biggest heart.
I’m a big believer in starting with high standards and raising them. We make progress only when we push ourselves to the highest level. If we don’t progress, we backslide into bad habits, laziness and poor attitude.
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
When I'd get tired and want to stop, I'd wonder what my next opponent was doing. I'd wonder if he was still working out. I'd tried to visualize him. When I could see him working, I'd start pushing myself. When I could see him in the shower, I'd push myself harder.
As long as you're a tax deduction, you'll always be safe in my house.
But there is so much more to do for the city we love. . . a Dallas with roads as strong as our businesses, parks as beautiful as our children, a downtown as tall as our imagination.
All that now seems to stand between Nigel and the prospect of the world crown is the unfortunate fact that fate brought him into this world only two years after Kasparov.
Instead of waiting until crisis problems develop which result in panic praying for others, we need to trust God to protect them as we pray Spirit-led, thoughtful, caring prayers before the problems overwhelm them, and they are unable to cope. We need to engage in major battles, not just minor skirmishes, moving from surface praying to in-depth praying. We need to pray both defensively and offensively.