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Inspiration

“To build a strong team you must see someone else’s strength as a complement to your weakness not a threat to your position or authority.”

– Christine Caine

“Competitive sports are about testing your limits, overcoming fear, improving yourself, and helping others do the same.”

– Sports Psychology

“Too many people think the grass is greener somewhere else, but the grass is green where you water it. Remember that.”

– unknown

“Enjoy the little things in life because one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things.”

– unknown

“Grit? What is it? I believe it’s driven by love. Inspired by vision and purpose. Fuelled by optimism and belief. Powered by faith and hope. Revived by resilience. Kept alive by stubbornness. And if we’re honest includes some fear of failure and desire to prove oneself”

– Jon Gordon (twitter)

“Telling an athlete, student, employee, what they are doing wrong is a huge mental error in performance. The power of thinking about what NOT to do pollutes the brain with the picture and idea of missing, not completing, and filling it with what you want to avoid. Language is powerful that even a hint of what you are trying to avoid can be fateful.”

– Shawn Humphries (twitter)

“Ignorance is the absence of knowledge. Stupidity is the presence of knowledge and the refusal to use it.”

– Paulo Coelho

“Make someone smile today. Tell them how much they mean to you. You’ll both feel good.”

– unknown

“When we have a clear sense of where we’re going, we can be more flexible in how we get there.”

– Simon Sinek

“The master has failed more times than the beginner has ever tried

– Stephen McCranie

“A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.”

– unknown

“You can’t wait until life isn’t hard anymore before you decide to be content.”

– Shawn Humphries (Elite Performance Systems)

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