Pregame Speech (January 2006)

Thoughts, stories, examples and ideas on challenging your team to perform at their highest level possible.

The Journey by: Unknown

If you don't keep walking you will never get where your going.

Don't wait for someone to stop and carry you, you may weigh them down and you both could fall.

When you think the walk is too steep, press on, for there is no mountain that can't be climbed.

When you see someone fall along the way, lend your hand. If someone lends you a hand, reach for it, to help you get back up again.

Hand in hand, together- each one helping the other can make this journey as precious as the place that we are all striving for.

POEM for YOUR MONTH:
Believe
By Wish Belkin, © 2002

Believe in rewards that await you,
believe in the harvest in store.

Believe that the spring will awaken,
believe you'll be sowing once more.

Believe that there's a tomorrow,
where no one cares if you can't dance.

Believe in the future's promise,
each new day brings a new chance.

Believe you can make you goals happen,
they're just dreams with a deadline attached.

Believe that you have the power,
believe that you're more than a match.

Believe in a shared existence,
you're not alone this is true.

Believe that right now there is someone,
who believes in the wonder that's you.

QUOTES for YOUR MONTH:

"So if you have a dream then just believe that you can achieve it no matter what. Even when you can't feel deep in your heart any words of encouragement, just believe in your dream and your heart will finally show you the way." Shuchi Gupta

"Believing in yourself is not for you; it's for every person who has touched your life in a significant way and for every person your life will touch the same way five minutes from now, or five centuries from now." Jaye Miller

"You are in charge of your feelings, beliefs, and actions. And you teach others how to behave toward you. While you cannot change other people, you can influence them through your own behaviors and actions. By being a living role model of what you want to receive from others, you create more of what you want in your life." Eric Allenbaugh

"I believe that life is a journey, often difficult and sometimes incredibly cruel, but we are well equipped for it if only we tap into our talents and gifts and allow them to blossom." Les Brown

"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important." Bertrand Russell

"I believed that anything was possible, or at least because I didn't put together everyone else's 'facts' and believe that winning was impossible." Yanni

"When you develop yourself to the point where your belief in yourself is so strong that you know you can accomplish anything you put your mind to, your future will be unlimited." Brian Tracy

"When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable." Walt Disney