And I’ll start. To understand why it means so much to me, you should probably know that I am always trying to improve myself…wherever I am right now is cool, but I always want to be better… like an Alex 2.0. So I’m always working at bettering myself, and when you’re always working at a never-ending (but always exciting) battle, you gotta be sure what you’re doing is working.

And on that note, take it away Albert:

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results”.

-Albert Einstein

Now let’s hear what youre favorite quote is…

If you dont have time to do it right, When will you have time to do it over.

“if you have a purpose with a passion your unstoppable!”

my name is alex too, what a coincidence huh? here is my favorite quote that has really helped me come out of my shell as a basketball player

“you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”

-MJ

u stole the quote i was going to say lol but another one i like is

“luck is when preparedness meets opportunity” Earl Nightingale

“Results = effort + attitude”

“If you’re going to be stupid, you better be tough”

Lol’d -> Alex 2.0

I have a ton of quotes on a notepad right now that I copy-paste from Alan Stein’s twitter (well known basketball strength&conditioning coach) @ twitter.com/alanstein so if y’all have a chance check that out cause he posts new ones every couple hours or so.

“Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.” -Unknown

Out till dawn on NYE? Well how about one of my favourites that turns out to be true all the time:

“Nothing good ever happens after 2 AM”

Well.. on the motivational side of quotes, for those who always read information but never take action:

“Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.”

@Tim- Killer episode right there…but with all the great teachings that come from HIMYM (majority from my pseudo-mentor, Barney Stinson), I haven’t yet found the >2 AM rule to be true…yet.

And I just watched “Mary the Paralegal”…probably the most frustrating episode ever, LOL.

And to everyone else, these are great so far…Jeff, that second one is DOPE.

HOLD UP GUYS! I totally forgot my other favorite quote of all time it’s from this movie called American Beauty (heard of it? lol), which is one of my favorites. I love this quote in particular because it really applies to my life:

“Both my wife and daughter think I’m this gigantic loser and they’re right, I have lost something. I’m not exactly sure what it is but I know I didn’t always feel this… sedated. But you know what? It’s never too late to get it back.”

–Lester Burhnam, American Beauty (played by kevin spacey)

“If it’s not broke, don’t fix it” is said by those who fear progress.

“The person who really wants to do something finds a way; the other person finds an excuse.” –Unknown

Best of luck to all in 2010.

I have two favourites: “Just Do it” I think that pretty much says it all, my second is : “Perfect practice makes perfect” That was from an ex AFL footballer and coach who said you can practice something poorly a million times but you will never improve, hence the saying above.

its not how many times the world knocks you down, its how many times you get back up (rocky) and look it strait in the face and say have a nice day (bon jovi)

The one quote that always inspires me to do my best is “I just wish i was normal so i could be better”

This came from a guy i know with a mental disability who absolutely LOVES basketball, this guy is constantly either playing basketball, practicing, or in the gym. He gets every loose ball, and hussles the hardest on defence. But he will never be a great player because of his condition. Whenever the going gets tough i think of him, and i do it for him.

“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.”
Tim Duncan

Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you.

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” Henry Ford

“Success is a peace of mind that is a direct result of knowing you did your best to become your best that you are capable of becoming.”

- John Wooden

“Being a professional is doing all the things you love on the days you don’t want to do them.”

- Julius Erving

“The best activities for your health are pumping and humping.” – Arnold

it’s why he was great

Here’s one my favorites: When the going gets tough the tough get going.

Here is part of a “procrastination poem” I love, here is the last paragraph “eventually, sooner or later, we all reap what we sow, but seeds left unplanted will surely never grow

My favorite quotes are; “How Bad Do You Really Want It(your goal)”

“The Man who can drive himself further once the effort gets PAINFUL is the Man who will WIN”

You got to want it for yourself and only yourself. You must have a burning desire to be your best and work at it everyday.

Truth is knowing that your character is shaped by your everyday choices.

Do..not..let..your..fire..go..out… spark…by..irreplaceable..spark..in..the hopeless swaps of the (not quite), (the not yet) and the (not at all.) Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists. It is real. It is possible. It is yours.

“If you don’t invest very much, then defeat doesn’t hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.”

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.” — Vincent T. Lombardi

You must set goals! You aim for nothing, your sure to hit it!

God has put food all around for the birds to eat, but he doesn’t put it in their nests.

this is one by bruce lee…..
” Defeat is a state of mind. No one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality. To me, defeat in anything is merely temporary, and its punishment is but an urge for me to greater effort to achieve my goal. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a path leading to success and truth.”

“Do or not do, there is no try.”
Yoda (Star Wars).

If i could offer 2

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself – Nietzsche

1 I walk down the street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I fall in
I am lost
It isnt my fault
It takes forever to find a way out

2 I walk down the same street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I pretend I don’t see it
I fall in again
I cant believe im in the same place
But it isnt my fault
It still takes a long time to get out

3 I walk down the same street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I see it is there
I still fall in …. It’s a habit
My eyes are open
I know where I am
It is my fault
I get out immediately

4 I walk down the same street
There is a deep hiole in the sidewalk
I walk around it

5 I walk down another street”

- Buddhist proverb

“A wise man knows what he doesn’t know.” Socrates (paraphrased).

Or a modern version would be from Clint Eastwood’s Magnum Force “A man’s gotta know his limitations.”

Lesson? Get training!

Who you are is who you are when nobody’s looking.

You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
–Eleanor Roosevelt, former first lady

hard work beats talent when talent, doesn’t work hard – keven durant

For me this one says it all.

If you are going through hell, keep going.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, 30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965

I coach girl’s volleyball and when I feel the players are not giving their best effort I will ask them—Do you want to be good, or do you want to be great?

Courage + Belief = Life

I have 2 that come to mind:

If you want “things” to change, you must change the way you do “things!”

and for those who think they never make mistakes, or fail (I work with these people), this is my favorite:

Success is 99 percent failure!
- Soichiro Honda

your attitude will get your body to the next altitude, so GO HARD OR GO HOME

“If you build it, they will come” – Field of Dreams

Roger Staubach

“There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.”
“Winning isn’t getting ahead of others. It’s getting ahead of yourself.”
“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.”

“Every man dies. Not every man really lives.” – Mel Gibson as William Wallace.

Quote from Steve Hess the Denver Nuggets Strength Coach : Life is always changing, if your not getting better your getting worse”

I must…
I MUST…

Stay in control of my life and actions at all times.

Think before acting or reacting.

Figure out how I want my life to be and then make it that way.

Not sell myself short. Keep in mind that I am the one and the world is mine.

Stop Slacking. Stop making changes to better myself and better my life only to fall back into my bad habits. Stick with it and be a man.

Be confident at all times. Live confidence. Breathe confidence. Exhale confidence.

Do what I want and ignore other’s opinions and input unless beneficial to me. Understand that the world does not revolve around me but I must do what is best for me.

Smile and enjoy my life. Have as much fun as possible without wrecking myself in the process.

Walk the walk continuously regardless of whether or not I talk the talk. Remember actions speak louder than words

Know that I can no longer be held back from excellence whether it be by myself or others. Achieve greatness in every aspect of the word. Allow my beauty to show throughout. There will never be another me— Let that be known.

This one is my favorite, and is self-explanatory:

“Second place just means you are the first loser”
-Kobe Bryant

Allways strive to work harder than everyone else around you!

“I rather try and fail, than fail to try”

- Michael Jordan

This is the only one that comes to mind right now..

“To be or not to be: that is the question.”

In my case, I choose to be the best basketball player in the world and I’m going to always be working towards that goal.

I also choose to be a dunker, a much more achievable goal I guess, though also challenging and exciting.

Today, in college, I had to put up with some last minute delays and missed the early cab back home. I cursed my luck. Decided to put the time to good use and finished reading the last portion of Fountainhead.
Even then I had time. Thought I might go to the computer lab and do something.

And whoa! Incredible surprise! A really long time friend of mine who had graduated already,and who, I’d been wanting to meet for a long time , had come to college to do her work and en route I bumped into her! I was astounded!

Only 1 thought came to my mind then:

“Everything has a purpose. It’s up to you to find it”- Peaceful Warrior

I love all of the above (and sure other great ones to come).
Here are a few of my own favorite.
Get comfortable being uncomfortable. Elliott Hulse
Motivation is easy. Eliminate the unmotivated. Lou Holtz
Train hard or go home. The Cejudo Brothers (Angel & Henry)
There are those who DO
and those who DON’T…
Those who WILL
and those who WON’T.
Lead, follow or get the hell out of the way.
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. Bill Cosby
Our greatest fear should not be that our lives will some day come to an end but rather that they may never begin.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the ability to perform at a high level even though fear is present.
I’ve got a thousand or more but these are all one’s I use often for my athletes.

I submitted several earlier but they didn’t show up for some reason.
I do have another one though, probably my favorite.
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the direct result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, skillful execution and the vision to see obstacles as opportunities.
I’ll submit the others again if they don’t show up soon.
A recent survey by the Opinion Corporation of Princeton, NJ said that 45% of people set New Years resolutions, but only 8% achieve them.
Hmmmmmmmm…

These two are mine With Sacrifice comes success
and The key to success is failure~ Sean Driscoll

My friends Adversity Bleeds Strength

This runs through my mind every time i hit the gym, hit the weights, hit the books. This is what pushes me to reach my goals, to strive for a college basketball scholarship. P.S. Thanks for the effective ballhandling program, you dont even know how much it has helped me.

“The man on top of the mountain did not just fall there. -EFFORT”

First of all let me just say I despise hearing the quote, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results”. I used to hear it from the wrong people all the time.

1 of my favorites though is “Lemme tell you somethin you already kno, the world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows, its a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it, you, me or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life, but its not how hard your hit its how hard …you can get hit and keep movin forward, how much you can take and keep movin forward.” Rocky

When all the dust has settled and the people are through chanting your name, there’s just going to be 1 person standing at the top, make sure its you, have no regrets, and give it your all every day. My quote derived from Rocky 3, also WWE’s Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

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. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It’s not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

“every shot is a game winning shot”

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“Try” is a noisey way of doing nothing

Hello,
I liked! So clear and positive.

Hi guys,

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Hey man

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-Alex

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