"The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit." Ken Doherty

"What fun is it? Why all that hard, exhausting work? Where does it get you? Where's the good of it? It is one of the strange ironies of this strange life that those who work the hardest, who subject themselves to the strictest discipline, who give up certain pleasurable things in order to achieve a goal, are the happiest..." Brutus Hamilton, Coach of Olympic Track Team, 1952 Helsinki Olympics

"The more I talk to athletes, the more convinced I become that the method of training is relatively unimportant. There are many ways to the top, and the training method you choose is just the one that suits you best. No, the important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top." Herb Elliott

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more; And all good things are yours." Swedish Proverb

Do not lower your standards to accommodate others.

Avoid the temptation to blame outside circumstances for your problems.

Some say you�re where your thoughts are. Now if that�s true and you�re thinking of me you don�t have to be lonely for I�ll always be with you.

We don�t remember days, we remember moments.

How lucky I am to have friends that it is so hard to say goodbye to.

I don�t want to leave and see the teardrops in your eyes. I don�t wanna live to see the day we say goodbye

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? ~ Abraham Lincoln

Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years. ~ Richard Bach, "Illusions�

A friend is someone with whom you dare to be yourself. ~ Frank Crane

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. ~ Edgar Watson Howe

My best friends bring out the best in me, Unknown

if tears could build a stairway and memories a lane i'd walk right up to heaven a bring you home again. no farewell words were spoken no time to say good-bye you were gone before i knew it and only god knows why.

my heart still aches in saddness and secret tears still flow, what it meant to lose you no one will ever know.

i never thought you'd hurt me, i guess you live and learn that when you play with fire you're bound to get burned.

i've been mistreated, i've benn used before, i got kicked in the face, but i still come back for more.

i don't know why i suddenly i can't take you for granted, why i'm so suddenly eager to see you, why i suddenly miss you when i'm not certinwith my feelings for you. maybe because i love you now.

you think that you are strong... but you are weak. you'll see it... it takes more strength to cry.. to admit defeat. i have truth on my side... you only have deceit. you'll see... somehow... someday.