Inspirational Quotes
Anna's favorites
"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on." - Thomas Jefferson
Colleen's favorites
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Matthew 7:12
"The mighty oak was once a little nut that held its ground." - Unknown
"Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming." - Dory, Finding Nemo
"Respect All. Fear None." Team motto, Southeastern Swim Club, Fishers, Indiana
Dee's favorites
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us." - Unknown
"We write our own destiny. We become what we do." - Unknown
Hannah's favorites
"We will either find a way or make one." - Hannibal
"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments." - Jim Rohn
"Success is not permanent. The same is also true of failure." - Dell Crossword
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." - Maya Angelou
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." - Les Brown
"Excuses are like butts, everyone has one, it's only a matter of size." - Unknown
"No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently." – Agnes De Mille
"Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve." - Tom Landry
Kat's favorites
"People never lose they just quit before they succeed." - Unknown
"If you have a purpose in which you can believe, there's no end to the amount of things you can accomplish."- Unknown
"Individuals play the games, but teams win the championships." - Unknown
"Success is sweetest when effort is hardest." - Unknown
"Until you spread your wings you have no idea how far you can fly." - Unknown
"While most are dreaming of success, winners wake up and work hard to achieve it." - Unknown
"Winners have two things: definite goals and burning desire to achieve them." - Unknown
Katie's favorites
"I told myself there was no way I was going to let this training go to waste. It was my time, and I was ready to go." - Katie Hoff
"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." - Satchel Paige
"The minute you start to talk about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost." - George Shultz
"Winners never quit and quitters never win." - Vince Lombardi
"There is water in every lane so it is OK." - Ian Thorpe (on being in Lane 5 for a final)
"The road to sucess is always under constuction." - Unknown
Kelley's favorites
"Take it to the barn" - Tim
"Competition is reaching your limits. Winning is blowing them away." - Unknown
"Talk is cheap. Don't tell them your the best... show them." - Unknown
"No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get". - Michael Phelps
""There is water in every lane, so it is OK."
- Ian Thorpe (on being in Lane 5 for a final).
"Winners never quit and quitters never win." - Unknown
"If you can imagine it,
You can achieve it.
If you can dream it,
You can become it." - Unknown
"You are your own competition." - Unknown
"Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will." - Ron Blomberg
"It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you've got to have is faith and discipline when you're not yet a winner."
- Vince Lombardi
Tim's favorites
"Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up." - Dean Karnazes