I have always like slogans and motivational sayings so I have begun following the lead of many of you and ending posts with one of them. Some of them are ones that came from my teaching/coaching days and were shown in my classroom, lockerroom, wrestling room, etc. Some of them were picked up later.

The intent ranged from thought provoking (Isn't that what education is all about?), to motivational (A highly motivated person with average ability will blow the sox off an unmotivated person with great ability.), to nonsensical (Intended to bring a smile and break the stress of a particulary tough lesson or practice).

Please post those sayings that you enjoy. I hesitate to name names because I will probably overlook some great ones but here are a few of my favorites from this forum:

Red Rocker: "A PEOPLE THAT VALUES ITS PRIVILEGES OVER ITS PRINCIPLES, SOON LOSES BOTH." Eisenhower

3/4 Nelson: "Defeat is not getting back up."

There is another great one that comes to mind and I can't remember who posts it: "Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do."

"It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick."

Vince Lombardi has some of the best quotes these are a couple of my favorites

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
Vince Lombardi

If you can accept losing, you can't win.
Vince Lombardi

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
Vince Lombardi

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift" -Steve Prefontaine

"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out shouting, "Holy s---, what a ride!"

"I can dodge bullets, baby" -- Phil Hellmuth

"Mmmmmmmm....Dooooooooughnuts" -- Homer Simpson

"Just wait til your father gets home" -- my mom

"If you go to one more wrestling tournament, I'm going to divorce you" -- my ex-wife

Steve Prefontaine has some good ones.

"I don't run to see who's faster, I run to see who's tougher."

"Somebody may beat me, but they're going to have to bleed to do it."

Silverhawk's quote of Steve Prefontaine," Somebody may beat me but the are going to have to bleed to do it" and 3/4 Nelson's, "Defeat is not getting back" remind me of a story in a book, Darrell Royal Talks Football. Royal was FB coach and AD at the U of Texas when he wrote the book. He told the story about the 10 year old boy who was walking home from school with friends when a 12 year old started to bully him. The younger boy was pretty badly cut and bruised by the time an adult came along and broke up the fight. As they were walking home one of the 10 year old's friends said the he didn't have anything to be ashamed of, that even though he got beat he put up a great fight against a much bigger and older boy. The 10 years old bristled up and said, "He didn't whip me. We are going to finish it tomorrow".

"Love people. Use things. Don't get it reversed."

People would enjoy life more if, once they got what they wanted, they could remember how much they wanted it.

The difference between successful people and others isn't a lack of strength, nor a lack of will, but rather a lack of will.

Life wouldn't be so hard, if we didn't expect it to be so easy.

Good judgment comes from experience and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

Life is a horrible teacher, it gives the test before the lesson.

The failure quote by MJ.

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"If you go to one more wrestling tournament, I'm going to divorce you" -- my ex-wife

I bet you miss her, too... Is your aim improving?

"A friend will bail you out of jail. A TRUE friend will be sitting next to you in the cell saying 'Man that was fun!' " -Anonymous poster on my alma mater's web site.

"There are no bad calls, they're just real unpopular." -- An undisclosed official

"Before you can learn to win, you've got to learn to lose" -- my father (turned out to be a real exercise in character building, since I didn't have a winning record until my junior year)

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Originally posted by anarchist:

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"If you go to one more wrestling tournament, I'm going to divorce you" -- my ex-wife

I bet you miss her, too... Is your aim improving?

I love her more now than I did when we were married...mostly because we're not. She's a lot easier to live with now...

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I love her more now than I did when we were married...mostly because we're not. She's a lot easier to live with now...

Sometimes that's what happens - That is a good thing...

"Luck is when preparation meets opportunity!" unknown

It’s not the way the wind blows, it’s how you set your sails.

Unknown.

Just make sure you're not down wind when the "wind blows"...if you know what I mean and I think you do...

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Originally posted by NWI:
Just make sure you're not down wind when the "wind blows"...if you know what I mean and I think you do...

I 'pose now yer gunna start in with the "Blazing Saddles" quotes...

I saw a great quote on the back of a t shirt at the state track meet. We can never attain perfection but if we chase perfection we may catch excellence." Vince Lombardi

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Originally posted by Red Rocker:

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Originally posted by NWI:
Just make sure you're not down wind when the "wind blows"...if you know what I mean and I think you do...

I 'pose now yer gunna start in with the "Blazing Saddles" quotes...

I'm not sure...about 60 percent of the quotes from that movie would get flagged...