Quotes About Growth

You never stay the same. You either get better or you get worse.

Only through training will a person learn his own weaknesses... He who is aware of his weaknesses will remain master of himself in any situation.

Good is not good when better is expected.

Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.

A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.

I have a love-hate relationship with losing. I hate how it makes me feel, which is basically sick. But I love what it brings out.

Made it through high school, went to the University of Minnesota.

What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.

Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.

I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.

It never gets easier; you just go faster.

The guys that improve every year are those that are always adding something to their game.

During the winter, you head out into the darkness for a run. When spring comes, and the first crocus pokes up its head...you know it was worthwhile.

I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.

Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, you cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They're never going to run any record times. But they can fulfill their own potential.

For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement

It's not where you start but where you finish.

You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.

Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.

This is a sport (wrestling) that has turned many boys into men and many men into leaders. And it is a sport in which you can be a giant regardless of how big you are.