| RIPTIDE ATHLETICS |
| FAVOURITE QUOTES |
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| "To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift" (S. Prefontaine) The real tragedy is the tragedy of a person who never braces himself for his one supreme effort. He never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature." (Bennett) |
| People are just about as happy as they make their minds up to be". You can't make footprints in the sands of time by sitting on your butt. And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time." |
| "Be proactive, not reactive." (Grdisa) "Whether I fail or I succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am the force." "I will begin all new challenges with optimism rather than doubt." |
| "Seize the day - make your lives extraordinary". "Most of us will never do great things, but we can do small things in a great way". Listen, or thy tongue will make thee deaf". |
| "My biggest regrets are the fears that I've endured that never arrived" (McNeill) "The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining" (JFK) "It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves." |
| "Alone, we can do so little, together we can do so much." "We miss 100% of the shots we never take". (Gretzky) "Two roads diverged into the woods, and I took the one less traveled. And that has made all the difference." (Frost) |
| "Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?" (Martin Luther King) "One kind word can warm three winter months". "Even when you've played the game of your life, it is the feeling of teamwork that you'll remember". You'll forget the plays, the shots, the scores- but you will never forget your teammates", |
| "Differences create the challenges in life that open the door to new discoveries." "Let noone ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Express kindness in your face, your eyes, and in your smile." "A healthy body is a healthy mind". |
| "Life is not about finding out our limitations, it's about finding our infinity". (Oscar Peterson) "It is always too early to quit" (Norman Vincent Peale) "Act as if it were impossible to fail." "Always remember never to say always or never". |
| "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail". (Ralph Waldo Emerson) "If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading or read things worth writing" (Ben Franklin) |