SHOCK AND AWE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Women and Sports"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done. Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you are because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that!"----Rocky Balboa-------"I think that all of us as coaches, players and media should be thankful that we got to watch J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams... I don't know of anybody that I have ever admired or respected more than J.J. He is so hard to guard and takes everybody's best shot... I don't know if our league or any league is going to see guys like that come along very often." - UNC Coach Roy Williams.................................................... ...................... "Some people create with words, or with music, or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, "I've never seen anyone run like that before." It's more then just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better then anyone else. It's being creative." -Steve Prefontaine------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- "I don't just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting." -Steve Prefontaine------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------"A lot of people run a race to see who's the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts." -Steve Prefontaine------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ---"Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you."-Steve Prefontaine------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."----------------------------------- What man is a man who does not make the world better?----------------------------------------------------- -- A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.- Larry Bird-------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Don't let anyone ever make you feel like you don't deserve what you want. Go for it---------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- "It's not about getting a scholarship, getting drafted, or making Sports Center. It's a deep need in us that comes from the heart. We need to practice, play, to lift, to hustle, to sweat, to compete. We do it all for our teammates. We don't lift weights with a future Olympic wrestler; we lift with a future doctor. We don't run with a future Wimbledon champion; we run with a future CEO. It's a bigger part of us than our friends and family can understand. Sometimes we play for 200, 000 fans, sometimes for 25. But we still play hard. You cheer for us because you know us. You know more than just our names. Like all of you, we are still students first. We don't sign autographs for money. But we do sign graduate school applications, MCAT exams, and student body petitions. When we miss a kick, or strike out, we don't let down an entire state. We only let down our teammates, coaches, and fans. But the hurt in our hearts is the same. We train hard. Lift, throw, run, kick, shoot, dribble, and lift some more, and in the morning we go to class. Still the next day in class we are nothing more than students. It's about pride; in ourselves, in our school. It's about our love and passion for the game. And when it's all over; when we walk off that court or field for the last time, our hearts crumble. Those tears are real. But deep down inside, we are very proud of ourselves. We will forever be what few can cl.. college athletes."-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -- Be not that far from me, for trouble is near; haste Thee to help me. Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.--------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."---------------------------------------------------- -------------------- Citius Altius Fortius----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- "Don't worry about losing, Think about winning" ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- "The Juice is Worth the Squeeze" ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- MY COUNTRY DID NOT SEND ME 7000 MILES TO START A RACE, MY LIFE WAS CHANGED NOT BECAUSE I STOOD ON THE VICTORY PLATFORM, ADVERSITY CAUSES SOME MEN TO BREAK, OTHERS TO BREAK RECORDS.---------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- IT IS A ROUGH ROAD THAT LEADS TO THE HEIGHTS OF GREATNESS, IN VICTORY BE NOT PROUD, IN DEFEAT BE NOT DEPRESSED, SWEAT IS THE COLOGNE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH, THERE'S A VICTORY AND DEFEAT, THE FIRST AND BEST OF VICTORIES, THE LOWEST AND WORST, WE DO NOT LACK STRENGTH SO MUCH AS THE WILL TO USE IT AND VERY OFTEN OUR IMAGINING.