When graphic designers are feeling their lowest, take to heart these wise words from sports celebrities and realize others have felt the same. No matter what industry you work in, we all learn the same lessons on what defines success.

1. 10 Lessons Graphic Designers Can
Learn From Sports Celebrities

2. "A champion is someone who gets
up when he can't." – Jack Dempsey

3. “If you are afraid of failure you don’t
deserve to be successful!” – Charles
Barkley

4. “You can’t get much done in life if
you only work on the days when you
feel good.” – Jerry West

5. “He who is not courageous enough
to take risk will accomplish nothing
in life.” -Muhammad Ali

6. "Leaders aren't born, they are made.
And they are made just like anything
else, through hard work.” – Vince
Lombardi

7. “Procrastination is one of the most
common and deadliest of diseases
and its toll on success and happiness
is heavy.” – Wayne Gretzky

8. “If it doesn’t challenge you, it
won’t change you.” – Fred Devito

9. " “What do you do with a mistake:
recognize it, admit it, learn from it,
forget it.” - Dean Smith

10. "Don't measure yourself by what
you have accomplished, but by what
you should have accomplished with
your ability." – John Wooden

11. “I’ve failed over & over & over again
in my life & that is why I succeed.” –
Michael Jordan

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