“The most important part of a hockey player is located above the shoulders.” – Aynsley Smith, author of Powerplay

 

“You don’t put in greatness, you pull it out.” – Herb Brooks

 

"Success isn't permanent, and failure isn't fatal." - Mike Ditka

 

"Men are born to succeed, not fail." - Henry David Thoreau

 

"It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way." - Aristotle

 

"Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration." - Thomas A. Edison

 

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." - Jack London

 

"Management is nothing more than motivating other people." - Lee Iacocca

 

"All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you're not good enough or strong enough or talented enough; they will say you're the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or be this or achieve this. THEY WILL TELL YOU NO, a thousand times no, until all the no's become meaningless. All your life they will tell you no, quite firmly and very quickly. AND YOU WILL TELL THEM YES."  - Nike ad

 

“The Greatest contribution that sports can make to young athletes is to build character.  The greatest teacher of character is on the athletic field” – Tom Landry