“Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”
—John Wooden, UCLA Basketball Coach, 10 National Championships
“Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don’t quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don’t quit until you reach it. Never quit.”
—Paul “Bear” Bryant, Alabama Football Coach, 6 National Championships
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness concerning all acts of initiative and creation. There is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans; that the moment one commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occured. A whole stream of events issues from the decision raising in one’s favor all manner of unforseen events, meetings and material assisance which no one would have dreamed would have come their way. I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets: ‘Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now!'”
—W.H. Murray Scottish Mountaineer and Himalayan Expedition Leader
