This document contains short quotes and sayings from various athletes about success, self-improvement, and striving to be better. Steve Young talks about competing against yourself and self-improvement. Bo Jackson talks about setting goals high and not stopping until achieving them. Mia Hamm commits to becoming a better player every day. Marc Overmars says good players never want to sit on the bench as substitutes.

1. The principle is
competing against yourself.
It’s about self-improvement,
about being better than you
were the day before.
Steve Young
(*1961, former NFL quarterback)ARISE TRAINING & RESEARCH CENTER

2. You only
stop learning
when you
quit.
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3. Money
does not guarantee
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4. Set your goals high, and don’t stop till
you get there.
Bo Jackson
(*1962, retired American baseball and
football player)
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5. Behind every kick of the ball there has
to be a thought.
Dennis Bergkamp
(*1969, former Dutch player now assistant
manager at Ajax)
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6. Behind every
kickof the ball there has to be a thought.
Dennis Bergkamp
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7. When signature become an
AUTOGRAPH you are great.
when a statuein your life you are
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8. Every single
day wake up
and commit to myself to becoming a
better player.
Mia Hamm
(*1972, retired American soccer player)ARISE TRAINING & RESEARCH CENTER

9. A bless from
uru
is
more than prayer.ARISE TRAINING & RESEARCH CENTER

10. If you don’t play well,
you have a bad game or a nightmare,
you know that the amount of coverage
is worldwide.
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11. do
what I wanted to do,
not what the game wanted me to
do.
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12. I always think about what I missed,
and
I think that was my driving force
- never be satisfied
with
what I’ve done.
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13. Good players
never want to sit on the bench as
substitutes
Marc Overmars
(*1973, retired Dutch footballer)
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14. I just hate losing
and
that gives you
an extra determination to work harder.
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