Readers Respond: Quotes that Inspire You
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I am building a fire, and every day I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match. -- Mia Hamm
—Guest Mia Hamm fan

I always liked this one a lot: Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best. Tim Duncan
—Guest leslie

I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. - Thomas A. Edison
—Guest Henry t.

"There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either IN or you're OUT. There is no such thing as life in-between." -Pat Riley
—Guest Sarah

I love this one, but I don't know who said it: "Someone said it couldn't be done. It wasn't me!"
—Guest Madeline Barry

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" -Eleanor Roosevelt It always makes me feel more confident!
—Guest gymfan

"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." Edgar Allen Poe
—Guest Janice

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all uphill, When funds are low, and depths are high, and you want to smile, but you have to sigh. When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer with it's twists and turns As every one of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about, When he might have won had he stuck it out; Don't give up though the pace seems slow, You may succeed with another blow. Success is failure turned inside out, the silver tint of the clouds of doubt, and you never can tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems so far; So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit, It's when things seem worst, that you must not quit. - Clinton Howell I was thinking about gymnastics when I came across this quote and I realized that not giving in is something only the strongest of people can do. The strong give it another shot and prove everyone who said you couldn't do it, wrong!
—Guest gymnast

Pain is temporary; it may last a minute, an hour, a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, that lasts forever. --Lance Armstrong Never give up on something you love or have had a love for. If you give up/quit, there is no turning back and nothing will be the same.
—Guest gymnast (thinking of quitting)

The Universal Law of Reciprocity clearly dictates: "By helping others, you help yourself." :)
—Guest Robin

I kinda dreamed of this one night while I was in bad spirits... but it never fails and now it's actually up on a poster in my gym. "DREAM..Believe...Achieve..GYMNAST!" If you can dream anything, just believe you can do it. Try to achieve this and you will. Work hard and you will never fail. YOU WILL be a gymnast. i know what this is now, and I think it can help anyone. Anytime I try a new skill I just think in my head.... DREAM.. Believe...Achieve... GYMNAST! and it's a confidence boost. I hope it is for others too.
—Guest Melissa King

I have two that I really like: "If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them." - Henry David Thoreau "Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall." - Confucius
—Guest Sandy