I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it. I think if you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done.- -- Mike Ditka

The important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part. The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.- -- Baron de Coubertin, The Olympic Creed

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.- -- Chinese proverb

The sages do not consider that making no mistakes is a blessing. They believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually make a new man of himself.- -- Wang Yang-Ming

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.- -- La Bruyere

The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.- -- Anotole France

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is best after all.- -- Benjamin Spock