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Inspiration

“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)

“You can change another person’s life just by the belief that you have in them and by caring enough to take a moment to verbalize is to them.”

– unknown

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

– unknown

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

– Sports Psychology

“The one thing that you have that no one else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live only as you can.”

– unknown

“I can’t change the directions of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”

– Jimmy Dean

“There’s always stuff to learn. There’s stuff I didn’t hear until I was 40 that I wish I had hear when I was 20. There’s stuff I hear now that I’ve never heard before.”

– Gregg Maddux

“Your journey is not the same as mine and my journey is not yours, but if you meet me on a certain path may we encourage each other.”

– unknown

“Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.”

– John Maxwell

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

– unknown

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

– unknown

“Is your mind full or mindful?”

– known

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