“What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.”— Andre Agassi, keepinspiring.me
“You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself, your own highest standards, and when you reach your limits, that is real joy.”— Arthur Ashe, keepinspiring.me
“You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.”— Herb Brooks, keepinspiring.me
“Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.”— Ross Perot, keepinspiring.me
“The thing I love most about my generation — and something that rarely gets recognized — is that we’re fucking hustlers. We make it work. We get that money. We’re innovative and resourceful. The odds may be stacked against us and yet we still find a way to triumph.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“Success in your twenties is more about setting the table than enjoying the feast.”— Paul Angone, amazon.com
“So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed!”— Dr. Seuss, amazon.com
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”— Dr. Seuss, amazon.com
“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”— William Shakespeare, amazon.com
“Everything takes time... and that's something that your generation find it a lot harder to adjust to. You have all grown up expecting things to go your way almost instantaneously. You all expect to live the lives you chose. Especially a successful young man like yourself. But it takes time.”— Jojo Moyes
“The ability to earn a living by doing the thing one loves must be one of life’s greatest gifts.”— Jojo Moyes
“Anyone who travels also understands that this world is impossibly big while being surprisingly small and interconnected all at the same time. We’re humbled by what we’ve seen, and we know full-well that we’re not the biggest fish in the sea.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“We know it’s rude to point the bottom of your feet at someone in Thailand, we understand how to shake someone’s hand in Southern Africa, and we grasp that it’s important to say, ‘Bonjour’ when entering a store in France.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“Corporations negotiate with millions and travelers do so with dollars and cents – volume is really the only difference.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“The place to find the perfect out-of-the-box thinkers, problem solvers, and movers and shakers is the arrivals hall at an international airport.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com