“If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures, sweep streets like Beethoven composed music, sweep streets like Leontyne Price sings before the Metropolitan Opera. Sweep streets like Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of…”— Martin Luther King Jr., old.seattletimes.com
“This is our past, gentlemen. This is where we have been. This is how we got here. This is who we are. Today, I want to talk about our opponent this afternoon. They're bigger, faster, stronger, more experienced and on paper, they're just better. And they know it, too. But I wanna tell you something t…”— Jack Lengyel, genius.com
“I never really allowed myself to believe that I might win because it seemed like such a faraway dream when you look at the names on the Vezina Trophy. They’re legends, and it’s humbling to even be mentioned in the same sentence. I’ve been more worried about getting my name on a roster than I have be…”— Tim Thomas, nesn.com
“We go to different schools, difficult situations, but that’s not what makes us weak. That’s what makes us stronger than everybody else. This should be your motivation. This is not an excuse. Humility. That’s why we get in this dirt. That’s why we get on this hill. So we remain humble.”— Coach Ed Dunn, aplus.com
“There are a lot of people out here tonight who think you are the least likely candidate to be successful...Now they're bigger and they got athletes going to Division I schools, we can see that and so can everybody else. But nobody can see the intangible with us...be the intangible tonight.”— Tony Arcuri, aplus.com
“Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all of the time. Winning is a habit.”— Coach Vince Lombardi, vincelombardi.com
“Before success can truly become routine, there must be that transition from that wanting/hoping to have success toward honestly knowing you can earn success with your talents and work ethic.”— George M Gilbert, amazon.com
“The key is not the will to win. Everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.”— Bobby Knight, rd.com