Daily Thought: The Race

"Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try."

- Anonymous

"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough."

- Og Mandino, essayist

5 Rules to Live By from...Tiger Woods

"No matter how good you get, you can always get better - and that's the exciting part."


"One of the things that my parents taught me is never listen to other people's expectations. You should live your own life and live up to your own expectations."


"That's part of my attitude and belief, that you should always have the switch on. You can't turn it on and off."


"I don't think you're ever there."


"You can play from the wrong position for a long time with good hands, but eventually it's going to catch up with you."

Daily Thought: The Hand

"Life is all about timing...the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable becomes available, the unattainable...attainable. Have the patience, wait it out. It's all about timing."

- Stacey Charter, writer

Daily Thought: The Sign

"Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul."

- Douglas MacArthur, former U.S. general


"A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits."

- Richard Nixon, former U.S. President


"Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit."

- Vince Lombardi, legendary football coach

Daily Thought: The Eagle Scout

"By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail."

- Benjamin Franklin, American statesman


"In business or in football, it takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to produce spectacular results."

- Roger Staubach, Hall of Fame football player

Daily Thought: Determination

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister


"We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history."

- Sonia Johnson, American activist


"Little by little one walks far."

- Peruvian Proverb

Daily Thought: The Big Bang

"There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth...not going all the way, and not starting."

- Prince Gautama Siddharta, founder of Buddhism