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“The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.”

~ Andrew Carnegie

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”

Michael Jordan
Professional Basketball Player

“Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes. Either way, you have to be careful not to lose your confidence or get too confident.”

~ Nancy Kerrigan

“Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.”

~ Samuel Johnson

“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.”

~ Ann Landers

“Make each day useful and cheerful and prove that you know the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be happy, old age without regret and life a beautiful success.”

Louisa May Alcott
Author

“The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.”

~ George Bernard Shaw

“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.”

~ Geoffrey Gaberino