"You need to have dreams. Everything starts with a dream."

"To dream anything that you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do, that is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself, to test your limits, that is the courage to succeed."

"Don't aspire to be like me. Be better, Shoot higher."

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only dream but also believe."

"We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose."

"You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of."

"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential…these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence."

"We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility."

"Self esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it."

"The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing."

"Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion; you must set yourself on fire first."

"The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist, the opportunity in every difficulty."

"When people tell you, "No," just smile and tell them, "Yes, I can."

"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour --this greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear--is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle."

"A problem is a chance for you to do your best."

"So celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed." -

"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the high road to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction."

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."

"Those who truly have the spirit of champions are never wholly happy with an easy win. Half the satisfaction stems from knowing it was the time and effort you invested that led to your high achievement."

"All you can do is your best. You give it everything you have and whether you make it or not, you've done all you can. If you've done that, there's nothing else you can give and you should be proud of yourself."

"Change takes guts. It takes imagination. It takes commitment."

"It's the struggle that makes you triumphant."

"It's easier to limit yourself, but if you do, you will never reach your full potential."

"Go out into the world, find work that you love, learn from your mistakes, and work hard to make a difference."

"Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something …hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication."

"What the human mind can conceive and believe, it can accomplish."

"Above all, challenge yourself. You may well surprise yourself at what strengths you have, what you can accomplish."

"You're going to make mistakes in life. It's what you do after the mistakes that counts."

"A winner will find a way to win. Winners take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves to be that much better. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as a reason to give up. It's all a matter of pride."

"Don't be afraid of failing. It doesn't matter how many times you fall down. All that matters is how many times you keep getting up."

"It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded."

"You really don't know what your true potential is until you've pushed yourself beyond your limits. You have to fail a couple of times to really find out how far you can go."

"There is always room for improvement, you know -- it's the biggest room in the house."

Standards of Excellence

"Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the surefootedness that comes with having proved you can meet life."

"I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got."

"With confidence, you can reach truly amazing heights; without confidence, even the simplest accomplishments are beyond your grasp."

"I hope that my achievements in life shall be these -- that I will have fought for what was right and fair, that I will have risked for that which mattered, and that I will have given help to those who were in need, that I will have left the earth a better place for what I've done and who I've been."

"It's important to let people know what you stand for. It's equally important that they know what you won't stand for."

"You have to believe in yourself. The ones who believe in themselves the most are the ones who win."

"You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life -- so that if it were over tomorrow, you'd be content with yourself."

"What lies ahead of you and what lies behind you is nothing compared to what lies within you."

"Don't just fit in with the crowd and be normal, try to be extraordinary."

"The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs."

"Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have; what you are will show in what you do."