Inspiration

Try Easy. Believe in what you want. You already have it! —Sarah Uhl, 2001 Junior World Champion, killer girl

The artist appeals to that part of our being . . . which is a gift and not an acquisition—and, therefore, more permanently enduring. —Joseph Conrad.

“When you don’t live by yesterday, then you start to live for tomorrow.” —Yogi Bhajan, from the lid of my new Detox Tea.

Those who cultivate Power, Identify with Power. Those who cultivate failure, Identify with failure. —Tao Te Ching no. 23

I am my brother’s keeper, and my sister’s keeper. —Barack Obama

If goals were easy to achieve, there would be no satisfaction in achieving them. — Coach Benjamin Sharp

To be an artist requires that you suffer, requires that you make a fool of yourself. —Garrison Keillor

Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. —Vince Lombard

“All the real good climbers are the ones having fun.” —climber Alex Lowe

“Stinkin’ thinkin’ leads to mental B.O.” unknown. translated to me by my coach, Benjamin Sharp, who got it from his Football Coach/Social Studies teacher.

“Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.” —— Dr. George Sheehan.

My Grandma, aka “Precious.” 95-years young, still keepin’ the faith.

“Every day, enjoy eating regular intakes of moderate amounts of a wide variety of fresh wholesome foods designed by Mother Nature!” —Nicholas Theodorou, ND

“…everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
– Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search For Meaning

“They Say it takes 8 Years to make a Champion.” Chris Hoy, World Kilo Champion

Magic makes it happen . . . Tom Moran, legendary cycling photographer

The real contest is always between what you’ve done, and what you’re capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else. —Geoff Gaberino, Olympic Gold medalist, swimming

Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out. —Michael Burke

My friend, Anika, who’s got more heart and fight than anyone I know.

Those who believe they can and those who believe they can’t are both right. —anonymous

You can’t train character. —Roger Young, Former Olympian and coach of Olympic and World Champion cyclists.

The important thing isn’t whether your new venture is a smashing success or a middling failure. The important thing is that you’re doing it. —Arianna Huffington, On Becoming Fearless

Bust your ass. Pay Attention. Fall in Love. —Three steps to success, according to Jerry Seinfeld.

“You’ve got to walk in there like you own the place.” Jess Maclean’s Grandmum

“You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one.”
Henry D. Thoreau

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.
- Wilma Rudolph -