Motivational Quotes



Greetings! Here are some valuable quotes that speak of your Mindset and Preparation that will always play a role in defining your success and achieving your goals. All the Best! Jim

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"What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all” – stated by the legendary Willie Mays, considered baseball’s greatest living player

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“If there is doubt in your mind - how can your muscles know what they are expected to do?” – stated by Harvey Penick, American Golf Professional

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“Concentrate on the factors you have control over: persistence, self-discipline, confidence. Far more failures are due to lack of will than lack of ability” – stated by Terry Bradshaw, NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback and co-host of FOX-TV NFL Pre-Game Show

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"Nothing on earth can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude" – stated by Thomas Jefferson, American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and our 3rd U.S. President

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“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm” – stated by Winston Churchill, one of the greatest wartime leaders in the past century

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“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves” – stated by Edmund Hillary, one of the world’s greatest explorers

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The late Don Baylor when he was the Arizona Diamondbacks Hitting Coach, on what he once told outfielder Justin Upton when he played for the D-Backs and his battle to become more consistent with production at the plate: “I told him to clear his mind. He’s got to take all that junk out of the garage and clean it out” (which translated means – clean out all of the distractions from his mindset before his true talents will ever be unleashed).

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