Favorite Inspirational Quotes...

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nimxnooj

New User
Mine are

just do it
-nike-

Regardless of Talent, one cannot be exceptional without desire
-Hiko Sejouro-

Anything you can do, 'you' can do better
-Converse-

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easeir to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary.

Impossible is nothing.
-adidas-

I believe that the man who works hardest deserves to win. When it's pouring rain and you go ride for six hours with no one on the side of the road cheering you or booing you, that's why you get nights like tonight.
-Lance Armstrong, Six-Teim Tour de France Champion, in regards to winning his sixth Tour de France

juss wondering if anybody else had any quotes that keep 'em goin...
 
Phil

Phil

Hall of Fame
nimxnooj said:
Mine are

just do it
-nike-

Regardless of Talent, one cannot be exceptional without desire
-Hiko Sejouro-

Anything you can do, 'you' can do better
-Converse-

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easeir to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary.

Impossible is nothing.
-adidas-

I believe that the man who works hardest deserves to win. When it's pouring rain and you go ride for six hours with no one on the side of the road cheering you or booing you, that's why you get nights like tonight.
-Lance Armstrong, Six-Teim Tour de France Champion, in regards to winning his sixth Tour de France

juss wondering if anybody else had any quotes that keep 'em goin...
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Did you realize that 3 of your 5 "inspirational" quotes are taken from sports shoe company ads? I think you can do better than that. Go pick yourself up a Bartlett's and look up something that a real person said, not an advertising exec.
 
K!ck5w3rvE

K!ck5w3rvE

Hall of Fame
Yeah, ditto. They are good, especially the adidas one, but the real inspirational stuff comes from athletes not marketing exec's. Quotes from people like Ali etc....
 
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nimxnooj

New User
cool. the book looks really interesting. It'll probably have a lot more better stuff than the stuff i had. www.worldofquotes.com has some pretty good ones too. i go there wen i need to type up essays fer school. Anybody have any favorite quotes in particular?
 
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bc-05

Semi-Pro
Meaning of love by Agent Smith: ... love, illusions Mr Anderson, vagaries of perception, temporary constructs of a febel human intelect trying desperatly to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose and all of them as artifical as the matrix itself, although only a human mind can invent something as insipit as love.
 
Morpheus

Morpheus

Professional
bc-05 said:
Meaning of love by Agent Smith: ... love, illusions Mr Anderson, vagaries of perception, temporary constructs of a febel human intelect trying desperatly to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose and all of them as artifical as the matrix itself, although only a human mind can invent something as insipit as love.
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Not very inspirational, but I get it. Here's Merovingian (the French guy) with one of my faves:

Merovingian: French is the best language to swear in.
[stream of curses]
Merovingian: It's like wiping your $ss with silk.

(so true, so true)
 
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tennis-n-sc

Professional
"You miss 100% of the shots you never attempt" - ukn
"Luck is preparation meeting opportunity" - Stu Aberdeen
"How you win tells something of your character. How you lose tells all of it" - ukn
"You will play just like you practice" - ukn

There are many others and I do think they are important because they put into words what we already know in thoughts, like all poetry and prose. I'm sure some of you guys will know the sources of my unknown quotes but I am sure the writers are happy that the quotes are remembered.
 
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JackD

Rookie
"I did not design my practices for your enjoyment" ...Gene H. in Hoosiers

"anyone can win when they play well....great players win when they don't"

Safin referring to having his own picture on his wall in reference to his hero/role models...don't remember the exact quote
 
Kaptain Karl

Kaptain Karl

Hall Of Fame
Success is not forever, and failure is not fatal.
- Don Shula in Everyone’s a Coach

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
- African proverb

If you can’t make a mistake, you can’t make anything.
- Marva N. Collins

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
- Albert Einstein

It’s almost impossible to overestimate the unimportance of most things.
- John Logue

Being a philosopher, I have a problem for every solution.
- Robert Zend

- KK
 
ShooterMcMarco

ShooterMcMarco

Hall of Fame
"success is a journey, not a destination" --dude from Without a Paddle

"every problem is an opportunity in disguise" --dude from Ocean's Twelve

"Superstition brings bad luck" --ben affleck
 
MegacedU

MegacedU

Professional
" A drib can never fly too high when it's using its own two wings. "

"The wind was blowing, the dogs were barking, and something got in my eye." -A.R

"You know you've made it when you're on a wheaties box." - A.R

[NOTE: READ DRIB BACKWARDS FOR THE REAL WORD I WANTED WAS B-I-R-D. I HAVEN'T THE SLIGHTEST IDEA WHY TW EDITS OUT THAT CREATURE WITH WINGS THAT FLYS.]
 
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Haka Boy

Guest
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."
 
Phil

Phil

Hall of Fame
Dedans Penthouse said:
"Win this match and I'll let you do me and my older sister."
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Dedans, please. Attribution for this quote (and a phone # and address). Please?
 
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Datacipher

Banned
nimxnooj said:
I believe that the man who works hardest deserves to win. When it's pouring rain and you go ride for six hours with no one on the side of the road cheering you or booing you, that's why you get nights like tonight.
-Lance Armstrong, Six-Teim Tour de France Champion, in regards to winning his sixth Tour de France

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WOW! Once I was in a discussion about Armstrong's drug abuse and a naive defender of Armstrong jumped in and said almost exactly this! That Armstrong won because of his dedication and that we didn't realize that when it was raining and nobody else would train, that Armstong would still train. Of couse that made me laugh, like the other world class cyclists won't train if it's raining!

I didn't realize it was directly from a quote! What a load of BS!

Well credit where it's due, Armstrong undoubtedly trains very hard, but take away the drugs and he won't be winning anything!
 
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Power Game

Professional
JackD said:
Safin referring to having his own picture on his wall in reference to his hero/role models...don't remember the exact quote
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"I'm not like American. I have my own picture on wall."
- Marat Safin
 
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Power Game

Professional
I like this one:
"So at the end of the day, I will be who I am, and I will win how much I could to win." -- Marat Safin
 
Deuce

Deuce

Banned
"I have not failed 1,000 times. I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways that do not work." - Thomas Edison.
 
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TheViking

New User
"The Green Bay Packers never lost a football game. They just ran out of time." - Vince Lombardi

"The will to win is not worth a nickel unless you have the will to practice." - Anonymous

"100% percent of shots not taken don't go in." -Wayne Gretzky
 
raftermania

raftermania

Banned
Oh yeah, forgot about that quote the commentating were crazy about from Alicia Molik, "Don't die wondering."

This quote is along the lines of the 100% shots you don't take mentality. Except this one is more heavy on emphasizing guilt and death.
 
aj_m2009

aj_m2009

Professional
"You don't need to please anyone but yourself"

Not sure if anyone said it but I like to. But IMO God needs to be added. But this kinda relates to this too:

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me"

Not sure who said that either.

** I also like the one that Einstien said about insanity. And the one from Molik.**

**Also forgot to metion to MegacedU that they edit out b-i-r-d because they have a competitor with that word in their name.**
 
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Jet Rink

Semi-Pro
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea" - Eric Cantona
 
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bc-05

Semi-Pro
how bout the famous quote by andy dufrense? "I don't know Red, whatever it is we only have 2 choices in life. Get busy living or get busy dying!" and he walks off and then he walks away
 
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Camilio Pascual

Hall of Fame
My 2nd all-time fave after my "resentment" signature line -

"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Walt Kelley, author POGO comic strip, first used on an Earth Day poster, 1970.

"Never underestimate the power of a guilty conscience." - Detective Alexandra Eames, "Law and Order: Criminal Intent"

"Luck is the residue of design." - Branch Rickey
 
Kaptain Karl

Kaptain Karl

Hall Of Fame
Why I teach my kids to chart each other's matches ... and help the Team improve.

"If you can't measure it, you can't manage it."

- KK
 
Rabbit

Rabbit

G.O.A.T.
"Knowledge is good" - Emil Faber

"You #@&*%^ up, you trusted us" - Eric "Otter" Statton, Delta Tau Chapter

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it" - Yogi Berra

"Never answer an anonymous letter" - Yogi Berra

"It ain't over til it's over" - Yogi Berra

"I usually take a two hour nap from one to four" - Yogi Berra

"It's deja vu all over again!" - Yogi Berra

"I didn't really say everything I said" - Yogi Berra

"You can observe a lot by watching" - Yogi Berra

"The future ain't what it used to be" - Yogi Berra

"It gets late early out here" - Yogi Berra

"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be" - Yogi Berra

"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them" - Yogi Berra

"I don't know why this place is so popular, everybody comes here" - Yogi Berra

"I am not a crook" - Richard Nixon

"Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was the suspect" - Steven Wright

"I have an existential map. You are here is written all over it" - Steven Wright

"If you shoot at mimes, would you use a silencer?" - Steven Wright

"It doesn't make a difference what room temperature is, it's always room temperature" - Steven Wright

"It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it." - Steven Wright

"You sounded taller on the radio." - Buford T. Justice

"When I get home, I'm gonna slap your momma right in the mouth." - Buford T. Justice

"I'm gonna barbeque your ***!" - Buford T. Justice

"I'm in high speed pursuit!" - Buford T. Justice

"The goddamn Germans got nothing to do with it." - Buford T. Justice

"Nobody makes Buford T. Justice look like a possum's pecker" - Buford T. Justice

"Take the cannolies, leave the gun." - Peter Clemenza, Capo Corleone Family

"Never take sides against the family again." - Michael Corleone

"You should have come to me earlier." - Don Vito Corleone

"We're gonna to make him an offer he don't refuse." - Don Vito Corleone

"No muncha con Hyman Roth in Miami." - Frank Pantangelli, Capo Corleone Family

"Sonny's thinking of going to the mattresses." - Peter Clemenza, Capo Corleone Family

"I ate what?" - Aristotle

"Look at all them $#@!&*^ Indians." - George Armstrong Custer

"It depends on what the definition of is is" - William Jefferson Clinton

"I never had sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinski" - William Jefferson Clinton

"I invented the internet." - Albert Gore

"Oral sex is not sex." - William Jefferson Clinton

"There is a vast right wing conspiracy..." - Hillary Rodham Clinton

"I like pigs. Cats look down on us, dogs look up to us. Pigs treat us as equals" - Winston Churchill

"Yes madam, I am drunk. You are ugly. In the morning I shall be sober." - Winston Chruchill

"Adolph who?" - Sir Neville Chamberlin

"It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood." - Mr. Rogers

"Who loves ya.." - Kojak

"We were misquoted." - The Dixie Chicks

"I never said I'd leave the United States." - Alec Baldwin

"that's just my opinion, I could be wrong." - Dennis Miller

"I'm Chevy Chase and you're not." - Chevy Chase

"If you leave, the plants will die." - Bill Murray in Stripes

"Ohhhh baby...." - Bill Murray in Ghostbusters

"That's the fact, Jack!" - Bill Murray in Stripes

"Greasy grimey gopher guts." - Bill Murray in Caddyshack

"He's the Cinderella story..." - Bill Murray in Caddyshack

"Igor...don't tell me you've been sleeping with it..." - Billy Murray in Caddyshack

"I wanna party with you, cowboy." - Bill Murray in Stripes

"Did the quit when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" - Bluto Blutarsky

"Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na" - Chevy Chase in Caddyshack

"Wait until they get a load of me..." - The Joker

"Wendy....I'm home!" - Jack Torrence

"Everybody loves somebody..." - Dean Martin

"Take my wife, please" - Henny Youngman

"My wife said 'Take me somewhere where I've never been before!', I took her to the kitchen." - Henny Youngman

"How can you shoot women and children?" - Private Joker
"Easy...you don't lead 'em as much" - Door Gunner

"Me love you long time, me so horny...." - Da Nang Hooker

"Look at them bodacious set of tatas" - Officer's Candidate Sid Worley

"There are more horses asses in this world than there are horses" - Rabbit
 
Morpheus

Morpheus

Professional
"When you earnestly believe that you can compensate for a lack of skill by doubling your efforts, there is no end to what you cannot do."
 
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Peter K.

New User
Morpheus, your quote reminds of what Thomas Edison said:

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

Indeed, one of my all time favorites.
 
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Baseline Basher

Guest
"Maybe five matches, you're going to go out and be magic. And maybe five matches, you're going to go out and feel like ****. And all the rest of those matches, those are what make you a tennis player." ~Brad Gilbert

"I need a weapon." ~Master Chief

"What would you have your Arbiter do?" ~The Arbiter

"You had your chance to take me, you won't get another!" ~The Prince Of Persia

I play lots of video games.
 
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Jet Rink

Semi-Pro
Take the cannolies, leave the gun." - Clemmenza

"Never take sides against the family again." - Michael Corleone

"You should have come to me earlier." - Don Vito Corleone

"We're gonna to make him an offer he don't refuse." - Don Vito Corleone

"No muncha con Hyman Roth in Miami." - Frank Pantangelli

"Sonny's thinking of going to the mattresses." - Clemmenza




Rabbit for Post of the Year (so far)! I'm printing it as I write. Thanks bro.

Jet
 
Deuce

Deuce

Banned
Ok, Rabbit - taking your cue...

"Everywhere is within walking distance... if you've got the time." - Steven Wright.

"How come Superman could stop bullets with his
chest, but always ducked when someone threw a gun at him?" - Steven Wright.
 
F

FiveO

Hall of Fame
I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.- S. Wright




You can't have everthing. Where would you put it?- S. Wright
 
V

Volkano

New User
Don't know if this has already been mentioned here:

"The harder you practice, the luckier you get" - Gary Player
 
F

FiveO

Hall of Fame
"Who are those guys?"-Butch Cassidy (and the Sundance Kid)

"We have to get a bigger boat."-Chief Brody (Jaws)

"Hey, be careful out there."-Sgt. Esterhaus (Hill Street Blues)

"I sure picked a great time to stop sniffing glue."-Lloyd Bridges character (Airplane)

"I'll have what she's having."-unknown female patron, to waiter, after overhearing Sally "fake it" at a nearby table in a restaurant (When Harry met Sally)

"I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six."-unknown author (on the "bottom line" of self-defense)

"All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."-W.C. Fields (epitaph)
 
raftermania

raftermania

Banned
Well we gotta quote somebody we all respect! Sir Patrick Rafter himself :p

The following Pat quotes are taken from the great fan site linked below. Feel free to dispute or acknowledge my interpretations. :)

Modesty:

"Would you complain if chicks wanted to go after you? It's nice
having that image. I remember when women wouldn't look twice at
me."

Frugality:

"Money is nice, but I came into tennis thinking that if I can
buy a two-bedroom home, I'm ahead of 90 percent of the people in
the world."

How he stays grounded:

"With eight brothers and sisters, you can't have much
arrogance."

Live with what God gave you:

"You try and get the most out of what you're given, and you have to enjoy the moment."

"Yah I know I"m a major chick magnet, I just hate drawing attention to it.":

"'Good looking' is the sort of term that I don't particularly
like,I try to never give myself encouragement like that."

Find a career that you enjoy and makes you happy (help on the big picture part):

"I think if you're happy in your work, I think you're happy in
life. But if you put it in the big picture, I'm still very happy."

Take a loss by indulging yourself:

"I had a day off -- I sat down and ate rubbish and watched
cricket on television," After his loss to Lleyton Hewitt in the
Adidas International.

Importance of friendship:

"Mates are important. Very Australian. True-blue." on what is
important in life

Reduce the fist pumps instead of learning more sophiticated types of
arrogance *cough* hewitt *gag*:

"All I know is it's a big learning experience, life is, and
you've got to try to be a good person, and be a better person
tomorrow." On his success in tennis

Have an open mind and a sense of humour:

"I've done them all. Everything except for cults." on his religious followings

Live by the sword, die by the sword:

"Then I said 'Stuff That' and went back to what I did best" on
his short go at being a baseline player

Nobody's perfect:

"I think I do the right thing most of the time. But I've egged
people's cars and thrown rocks at their roofs."

Don't respect the disrespectful:

"Lately I've given up saying nice things about Pete. A few of
his comments have come across as arrogant to me. We won't be
having a beer together." on Pete Sampras's unneccessarily rude
comments towards him

It's healthy to express some anger when appropriate: :)

"About 20 minutes before that match I got fed up and said 'Who
the hell am I playing?'" On the U.S. attempt to replace Todd
Martin with Pete Sampras at the Davis Cup

Nice guys can finish first:

"Being No. 1 is great, but the fact that I'm able to annoy Pete
is even better." On passing Pete Sampras for the no. 1 seed on
the ATP tour (Later said he was taken out of context...but it's
still funny!)

These quotes and more available here:
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Court/5100/quotes.html
 
ChipNCharge

ChipNCharge

Professional
Winners vs Losers

"Winners do what losers don't want to do."

"Winners find solutions to problems. Losers find problems with solutions."
 
MegacedU

MegacedU

Professional
"The ends justify the means." - Michavelli

Hehe, "Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused." I don't know how that's inspirational, but it pertains to my life pretty well.
 
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