1. The hard days are the best because thats where champions are made.

2. If you dont have confidence youll always find a way not to win.

3. Each of us has a fire in our hearts and its our goal in life to find it and keep it.

4. Keep calm and Go for Gold!

5. For Athletes, Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.

6. Im not there yet but I am closer than I was yesterday.

7. You dont have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

8. Its not about winning or losing a competition, its about beating the doubt from within yourself
and knowing at the end of each day you are one step closer to your goals.

9. If you want to fly, you must give up anything that weighs you down.

10. This Olympic Games drives people not only to compete but to improve.

11. Tell me I cant then watch me work, twice as hard to prove you wrong.

12. This moment is yours.

13. The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.

14. You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself, your own highest
standards, and when you reach your limit that is real joy.

15. Win or lose, do it fairly.

16. It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get
up.

17. I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

18. To play is in the mind. To win is in the heart. -Jennifer McCombs

19. If you win through bad sportsmanship that's no real victory.

20. Thats the beauty of sport. Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you cry

21. Win or lose, I'll feel good about myself. That's what is important.

22. Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half.

23. For me, being memorable is more important than winning.

24. What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I
can keep going.
25. Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go
through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

26. Believe you can and you're halfway there.

27. Volleyball is one of the most interactive games going. It is a game of intuition, imagination,
improvisation - but most of all, of reciprocity - of teamwork. There is no way to free-lance in
volleyball.

28. Volleyball is not just a sport; it's a way to express your anger without hurting someone.

29. Volleyball is the sport through which I am able to express my God-given talents of being an
athlete. It is a sport which involves relating, pushing, and encouraging your teammates.

30. It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.

31. STAYING POSITIVE does not mean that things will turn out okay. Rather it is knowing that
YOU will be okay no matter how things turn out.

32. If you are positive, you'll see opportunities instead of obstacles.

33. Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

34. People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive
things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?

35. Keep your behavior positive, because your behavior becomes your habits.

36. The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

37. Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.

38. Stay positive and you'll achieve more than what you set yourself for.

39. I've always seen the Olympics as a place where you could act out your differences on the
athletic field with a sense of sportsmanship and fairness and mutual respect.

40. Sportsmanship means behavior thats fair, honest, and polite in a game or sports
competition.

41. Sportsman is a person who can take a loss or defeat without complaint, or victory without
gloating, and who treats his opponents with fairness, generosity, and courtesy. Its a display of
mutual respect for opponents and officials.

42. Sportsman spirit is an attitude that strives for fair play and people end up showing grace in
victory and defeat.

43. Sports are not about winning the game as the real concept lies in participating in the game.
44. Fairness, honesty, integrity, and openness of heart-these are the qualities that a sportsman
should display in life.

45. The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us but those who
win battles we know nothing about.

46. Always have a smile on your face. Never give anyone the satisfaction of setting you down.

47. Things will work out just give it time.

48. Dont rush things. When the time is right, it will happen.