Grit & Drive

"The only one who honestly likes change is a baby with a dirty diaper."

"Winners give you results. Losers give you excuses. Your choice."

"Spend your ATTENTION on your INTENTION!"

"Can you imagine what you can accomplish with inspiration, dedication, and perspiration?"

"A man with courage is a majority."

"You can't put passion in a person — but you sure can help get it out of them."

"Anyone can talk a good game. Not everybody can play a good game."

"Are you making excuses — or are you making a difference?"

"Attitude is one of the only things that no one can ever take away from you."

"Everybody can dream — but only the ones with persistence can make that dream a reality."

"Attitudes are contagious. Which one do you have — a good one or a bad one?"

"No one owns your dreams. Only you."

"The difference between winners and losers is usually just how they think."

"No one has the right to criticize your dreams. You and only you can make that dream a reality."

"If you like where you came from, you'll probably like where you're going."

"Do you have a backbone or a wishbone?"

"Everyone can say what you could have or should have done — but what did you actually do?"

"Having goals is one thing. Having focus is another."

"Attitude determines your altitude."

"The strongest don't always win. The ones who think they can — do."

"In the end, it's not about how big you are or how fast you are — it's about how badly you believe you can."

"If it came easy, everybody would have it."

"Easy roads don't build strong people — but rough roads do."

"How do you know what you can accomplish when you've never tried?"

"You will miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take."

"Being born poor is not your fault. Staying poor is."

"Hard roads don't go on forever, but strong walkers do."

"The moment you almost quit is usually the moment before the breakthrough."

"Tired is not the same as finished."

"Giving up is permanent. Struggling is temporary."

"The ones who made it were simply the ones who didn't stop."

"You've already survived every hard day you thought would break you."

"The finish line never moves. Only the runner does."

"A winner is not someone who never falls — it's someone who never stays down."

"Winners don't have fewer obstacles — they have more reasons to overcome them."

"A winner is built in the moments nobody is watching."

"Winning starts in the mind long before it shows up in results."

"The winner was once a beginner who simply refused to quit."

"It's not the trophy that makes a winner — it's the heart that earned it."

"You cannot grow and stay the same — choose wisely."

"Growth is rarely comfortable, but comfort rarely grows you."

"You won't recognize the new you until you're willing to let go of the old you."

"Every version of you that struggled built the version of you that stands today."

"Growth doesn't announce itself — you only see it when you look back."

"Attitude is the fuel to change your life."

"A full tank of the right attitude will take you further than talent ever could."

"Change your attitude and you change the direction of your entire life."

"Talent may open the door but attitude decides how long you stay in the room."

"Paralysis by analysis has killed more dreams than failure ever did."

"Could've, should've, would've never accomplished anything."

"If you can conceive your dream, believe it — then I bet you can achieve it."

"Don't get activity confused with accomplishments."

"The world is full of people who almost tried."

"The only talent wasted is the one never used."

"Failure is a moment. Regret is a lifetime."

"You can recover from failure. You cannot recover from never having tried."

"Are you running from something or running to something? There is a big difference."

"Running to something builds a life. Running from something just moves the problem."

"Are you chasing a dream or escaping a reality you haven't fixed yet?"

"You never really lose until you stop trying."

"Grit outlasts talent every single time."

"There's no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs — and enjoy the climb."

"The door of opportunity swings on the hinges of hard work."

"Don't let what you can't do stop you from doing what you can."

"Most folks bury their passion out of fear. Don't be most folks."

"The world's full of people hiding what lights them up. Be the one who doesn't."

"Do what your neighbor does, and you'll stay right where your neighbor is. Don't expect him to root for you to pass him."

"Life's great battles don't always go to the strongest or fastest man — but in the end, the one who wins is the one who thinks he can."

"A strong heart and determination will always compete with ability."

"Do you rise to the occasion, or wilt to the pressure? The choice is yours."

"They say the only difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra."

"You don't always need tough love. Sometimes you just need tough encouragement."

"It doesn't take money to be a winner. It takes a goal, focus, and a burning desire to change your life."

"Change requires change."

"You become like your environment. Hang around losers, you'll become a loser. Hang around people with ambition, you'll become even more ambitious."

"Winners win, and losers whine."

"It takes guts and determination to rise above negativity and pursue your ambitions."

"It might be challenging and difficult, but nobody can navigate through life except you."

"You get great rewards when you work hard — not when you wish hard."

"You get what you work for, not what you wish for."

"Grit is just grace under pressure that's been there long enough."

"You don't have to feel strong to keep going — you just have to keep going."

"The only way out is through."

"Hard times don't build character — they reveal it."

"When you feel like quitting, remember why you started."

"Tough times never last — tough people do."

"If it was easy, everybody would do it."

"I've been knocked down so many times I quit counting and started landing better."

"Some days you're the windshield. Some days you're the bug. Show up either way."

"If you're going through hell, keep going — it ain't a good place to stop. — often attributed to Winston Churchill"

"Falling down is an accident. Staying down is a choice."

"A setback is just a setup for a comeback."

"If you don't enjoy today, why do you think you'll like tomorrow?"

"Stop waiting for your life to start. It already did."

"The destination means nothing if you hated the drive."

"You'll miss this day someday. Don't waste it wishing for a different one."

"Life isn't a dress rehearsal. This is the show."

"You don't have to have it all figured out at 25. But you better be working on it."

"The twenties are for making mistakes. The thirties are for fixing them. Don't skip either one."

"Know what you stand for before somebody else decides for you."

"The earlier you figure out what you don't want, the sooner you find what you do."

"You can't be everything to everybody. Pick your lane."

"Who you spend your time with is who you're becoming. Choose carefully."

"Not everybody cheering for you wants you to win."

"The people who are hardest on you sometimes love you the most."

"Marry somebody you actually like. The love deepens — the like has to already be there."

"Learn to live on less than you make. That one habit will change your life."

"Your first job won't be your last. But how you do it will follow you."

"Don't spend money you don't have to impress people you don't like."

"A little saved today is a lot of breathing room tomorrow."

"Failure is tuition. Make sure you're learning something."

"The comeback is always better than the setback — if you use it right."

"Nobody remembers the times you fell. They remember whether you got up."

"Your worst day taught you something your best day never could."

"Be somebody your younger self would be proud of."

"You're going to look back on this someday. Make sure you like what you see."

"Start before you're ready. You'll never be as ready as you think you need to be."

"You may waste a day, maybe even a month — but don’t waste a lifetime."

"Wishing is not working."

"College is just the starting line — not the finish line."

"Most people don't lack ability. They lack direction."

"The person who says it can’t be done should not interrupt the one who is doing it."

"Stop asking what if and start asking why not."

"The only difference between a dream and a plan is a start date."

"Stop waiting for permission. Nobody's going to give it to you anyway."

"You don’t need permission to start. You need the guts to."

"Anyone can give up. It takes something special to stand back up."

"Giving up is easy. Getting back up is where character lives."

"Wishing for something and working for something are not the same thing — and only one of them gets results."

"Your GPA won’t follow you the rest of your life — but your reputation will."

"Kids are like dogs — if the dog jumps up on you and won’t mind, don’t get mad at the dog, get mad at his owner."

"Small goals achieved consistently beat big goals never started."

"You don’t have time to feel sorry for yourself — you’ve got people depending on you."

"Every day you wake up you make a choice — survive or surrender. Choose wisely."

"I might not have been the best — but I promise you I gave my best."

"The world sees the moment. It never sees the years that built it."

"If you can conceive it, believe it — I bet you can achieve it."

"Losing something teaches you what having it was worth."

"Habits can be good or bad. Your choice."

"Entitlement gets you nowhere. Effort gets you everywhere."

"Quitting is easy. Winning is not."

"What you have to relearn, you never take for granted again."

"Anyone can start. Not everyone can finish."

"You're not owed a good life. You're given the chance to build one."

"The comeback teaches you more than the setback ever could."

"Everyone has passion in them. What's hard is getting it to show."

"I never outtalented anybody. But I outworked a few."

"Busy is not the same as productive. Don't confuse motion with progress."

"Activity is not achievement."

"There are people who talk about it. There are people who just do it. Be the second one."

"If it didn't break you… it might have made you!"

"Some things test you. Some things break you. The lucky ones build you."

"Ability sets the floor. Willingness sets the ceiling."

"Most people don't hit a limit on talent. They hit a limit on effort."

"What you can achieve is limited only by what you're willing to do to accomplish it."

"Don't let people tell you what you can't do. Look for people who can show you what you can do."

"This is your at bat. Nobody else's. Keep your eye on the ball and give it everything."

"Sometimes you have to have the guts to fail before you can have the glory to succeed."

"You never have to apologize for trying. But you'll have to live with yourself if you don't."

"Spend your time on winning, not whining."

"Surviving life is one thing. Contributing to it is another."

"There will always be somebody ready to tell you no. Go find the ones who show you how."

"I'm not the smartest man in the room. But I've learned that showing up matters more than being smart."

"A goal without a plan is just a wish with a deadline."

"Plans fail without action. Action fails without a plan. You need both."

"Anybody can write down a goal. Not everybody will do what it takes to reach it."

"A goal without a commitment is just a wish with better handwriting."

"Physical strength gets you through a workout. Mental strength gets you through a crisis. Spiritual strength gets you through a lifetime."

"You don't get to pick where you started. You absolutely get to pick where you're going."

"Where you came from is your story. Where you're going is your choice."

"It's never about having a challenge. It's about how you take on that challenge."

"Don't be afraid to fail. Just don't be too afraid to try."

"Talent is a gift. Effort is a decision. Make sure yours outworks theirs."

"Talent without commitment is just potential that never got used."

"Some people are great at making excuses. Some are great at making a difference."

"I don't know if these sayings are the best, but I can promise you I gave it my best."

"Doubt is a disease that paralyzes your ability."

"The most wasted thing in the world is unused ability."

"Talent is the starting line. Work is the finish line."

"Capable is common. Committed is rare."

"Excellence ain't a moment. It's a habit — and habits don't lie."

"Dreams don't have deadlines. Goals do. Pick one."

"Every dream starts as a thought. Every reality started as a dream. The difference is somebody decided."

"Change doesn't erase who you are. Sometimes it just reveals who you're becoming."

"Bad things happen in life. It's not a matter of if — it's a matter of when."

"It's never too early to dream and never too late to start."

"Change by choice builds you. Change by force just moves you."

"The risk of losing is the cost of having a chance to win."

"The world doesn't wait for people who refuse to change. It just moves on without them."

"You don't bring a knife to a gun fight."

"Half-prepared is the same as unprepared when it really counts."

"Excuses are easy. Differences are earned."

"Nobody ever looked back on their life proud of their excuses."

"Sometimes we make excuses. Sometimes we make a difference. That choice is ours."

"An excuse explains why you didn't. A difference shows why you did."

"The world doesn't need your explanation. It needs your effort."

"Taking a breath and crying isn't losing. Quitting is."

"Your size doesn't determine the fight. Your effort does."

"Nobody remembers how big you were. They remember how hard you tried."

"Small and relentless beats big and half-hearted every time."

"It was never about how big you are. It's about how much you're willing to give."

"Sometimes you need solutions not sympathy."

"Change your attitude and you can change your life."

"If you can conceive, believe it, you can achieve it!"

"If you want to be the best at anything - learn from the best."

"It doesn't matter where you start on the ladder of life It matters where you end up."

"Life's great battles don't always go to the strongest or fastest man - but in the end, the one who wins is the one who thinks he can.- Vince Lombardi"

"There's no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs"

"Losers give you excuses. Winners give you results."

"You can't get to second base unless you take your foot off first."

"It doesn't matter where you start on the ladder of life and business. It matters where you end up."

"You don't have to be bad to get better. You just have to want to get better."

"Do you have the guts to take the shot?"

"I might not have been the best on my team— but I promise you I gave it my best!"

"Excellence isn't a moment. It's a habit — and habits don't lie."

"Achieving something doesn't just happen because you wish for it. Now comes the hard part — you have to work for it."

"Success isn't overnight."

"You don't have to announce your plan to the world. You just need to make one, follow it, and adjust as needed."

"The world sees the finish line. It never sees the years of adjusting the plan along the way."

"You don't owe anybody an announcement. You owe yourself the follow-through."

"Success isn't a moment. It's a thousand quiet adjustments nobody was watching you make."

"Nobody owes you anything. What you get in life is what you earn."

"It's amazing what can happen when vision and execution finally meet."

"All you can do is all you can do."

"Potential is common. Follow-through is rare."

"A lot of people have potential. Not everybody has success."

"A great coach never talks about the game three weeks out. Just the next one."

"A choice is one thing. A commitment is something else."

"How far you go is written by how hard you were willing to work to get there."

"You can't get to the top sitting on your bottom."

"A good coach recognizes a great player, the same way a good leader recognizes great people."

"Where you end up in life depends on how hard you worked to get there."