“I feel sorry for the person who can’t get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.” — Walter Chrysler Yesterday I had the occasion to walk through Times Square. Having done it thousands of times, I now enjoy the tourists more than the […]
“Don’t let life discourage you. Everyone who got where they are started from where they were.” — quoted by Gary Pritchard Are you working on a dream? From minor-league baseball players hoping to reach the majors, to high school athletes working to win a scholarship, to people just hoping to find a job, we’re all […]
“If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.” — Mario Andretti When he was just a boy, a big wave taught Makua Rothman something that every athlete should learn. It happened in a surfing competition; Rothman was one of the youngest people ever in the event. And then came tons and tons […]
“If you’re wasting your time or your attention, then start investing it wisely.” — Mitch Thrower, author, The Attention Deficit Workplace Back in his college days, Rob Gilbert lost a career but gained a story he could tell for life. Gilbert was studying to be medical doctor, and as part of the training he was […]
“Winning isn’t everything, but the will to win is everything.” — Vince Lombardi St. Patrick’s Day marks a perfect time to discuss the greatest Celtic of them all. Bill Russell is more than just a Hall of Fame basketball player; he is one of the greatest winners in the history of North American sport. His […]
“In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.” — Vincent Van Gogh Have you ever had a Wal-Mart watermelon day? In case you’ve never heard the story, many years ago the opening of […]
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together (make) genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart As I write and post these words, it is the last several minutes of Albert Einstein’s birthday. He was born on March 14, 1879. As great as Einstein’s achievements […]
“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln This year’s tournament season has already produced an instant classic. It will be hard for any game to top the UConn-Syracuse contest, which went six overtimes. But strip away the dramatics, and the game came down to one statistic […]
“Some folk want their luck buttered.” — Thomas Hardy Pro poker player T.J. Cloutier has seen his share of changing fortunes. He received a sports scholarship. Good luck. But family financial problems led him to drop out. Bad luck. He even got a chance to play a pro football in Canada. Good luck. But got […]
“It ain’t so much the things we don’t know that get us into trouble. It’s the things we know that just ain’t so.” — Artemus Ward Two years ago the Washington Post tried an experiment. The paper persuaded a violin master — Joshua Bell — to set up and play in a subway station to […]