I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
-Thomas Jefferson

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
-Thomas Edison

You learn you can do your best even when its hard, even when you’re tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage.
-Joe Namath

If you don’t do whats best for your body, you’re the one who comes up on the short end.
-Julius Erving

If you set a goal for yourself and are able to achieve it, you have won your race. Your goal can be to come in first, to improve your performance, or just finish the raceits up to you. 
-Dave Scott, Triathlete

I’ve always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didnt have a chance to win.
-Arnold Palmer

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.
-Bruce Jenner

Other people may not have had high expectations for me… but I had high expectations for myself.
-Shannon Miller

I will always be someone who wants to do better than others. I love competition.’
-Jean-Claude Killy

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
-Samuel Johnson