"What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at."

-- Rafer Johnson

#Motivational Quotes #Athlete Quotes #Effort Quotes

“I have come to understand that life is composed of a series of coincidences. How we react to these - how we exercise what some refer to as free will - is everything; the choices we make within the boundaries of the twists of fate determine who we are.”
“We are living in an interminable succession of absurdities imposed by the myopic logic of short-term thinking.”
“Do you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? But it wants leisure.”
“The OGP is something that has brought the world community together.”
“The compassion we feel normally is biased and mixed with attachment. Genuine compassion flows towards all living beings, particularly your enemies. If I try to develop compassion towards my enemy, it may not benefit him directly, he may not even be aware of it. But it will immediately benefit me by calming my mind. On the other hand, if I dwell on how awful everything is, I immediately lose my peace of mind.”
“She's strong! And scary...I bet she's single...I'd put money on it..”
“To be "in Christ" is to place one's trust in Him for salvation from sin. To be "in Christ" is to trust His goodness, not our own; to trust that His sacrificial death on the cross paid the complete debt of death we owe for our sin; to trust that His resurrection gives us eternal life instead of relying upon our own ability to please God. To be "in Christ" is to claim, by faith, the free gift of salvation. To be "in Christ" is to enjoy a completely restored relationship with our Father in heaven by virtue of His Son's righteous standing.”
“When I was very small, maybe 8 years old, we had a big radio that stood on four legs, and it had a cross piece underneath it, and I used to take a pillow and crawl under the radio.”

Source : "Dodgers’ Vin Scully ‘One on One’ From the Booth". Interview with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. October 5, 2009.

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