Play Strong® Power Quote – Self Confidence

“Self Confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.”  Samuel Johnson

Play Strong® Playbook – Dream Big

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe  

Play Strong® Power Quote – Will To Win

“It’s not the will to win but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.” – Paul “Bear” Bryant           (see Play Strong® Coach)

Play Strong® Power Quote – Set Your Heart

“People can do whatever they want if they just set their heart to it, and just never give up, and just go out there and do it.” – Bethany Hamilton  

Play Strong® Playbook – Dream Big

“Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them — a desire, a dream, a vision.” – Muhammad Ali

Play Strong® Playbook – Team Up

“Individual commitment to a group effort–that is what makes a team work.” -Vince Lombardi

Play Strong® Power Quote – Challenge

“It is my sincere hope,” I wrote to each player, “that the 1972-73 UCLA varsity basketball team will be made up of players who love a challenge.” – Coach John Wooden, excerpt from book “They Call Me Coach”

Play Strong® Playbook – Greatest Year Ever 2011

Get ready for the greatest year ever! Download the mini black Play Strong® Playbook (or the one page worksheet) and prepare to master the Top Five Plays of Everyday Champions…Play No.1: DREAM BIG…remember, the way we live and play everyday can change the world!

Play Strong® Power Quote – Adversity

“My goal has always been to take a negative and turn it into a positive. I want to be a problem solver, not a problem creator. The glass is always half full for me. Make the best of every situation.” – Drew Brees

Play Strong® Power Quote – Care

“She taught me that it’s OK to let down your guard and allow your players to get to know you. They don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” – Pat Summitt  

Play Strong® Power Quote – Thrive

“I like pressure. I thrive on it.” – Sue Bird WNBA Star

Play Strong® Power Quote – Road Work

“You can map out a fight plan or a life plan. But when the action starts, you’re down to your reflexes. That’s where your road work shows. If you cheated on that in the dark of the morning, you’re getting found out now under the bright lights.” – Joe Frazier  

Play Strong® Power Quote – No Fear

“Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.” Babe Ruth  

Play Strong® Daily Quote – Giving

“From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.” – Arthur Ashe

Play Strong® Daily Quote – Commitment

“The quality of a man’s life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.” – Vincent Lombardi  

Play Strong® Daily Quote – Every Time

“To me, it’s about getting better every time and doing the best I can every run no matter where I am.” – Shaun White  

Play Strong® Daily Quote – Defeat

“Sometimes in a defeat you can set the stage for future victory” – Mike Krzyzewski  

Play Strong® Daily Quote – Priorities

“Tennis has never been the most important thing in my life. My family, my health, my happiness…they are more important to me. On court, I want to win. Off court, I want to be a better person. Tennis is a path to my future.” – Maria Sharapova  

Play Strong® Daily Quote – Friends

“Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.” - Jesse Owens  

Play Strong® Daily Quote – Elevate

“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.” Henry David Thoreau

Play Strong® Daily Quote – Hard Work

“I’ve worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.” –Mia Hamm  

Play Strong® Daily Quote – Enthusiasm

“Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.” Pele

Play Strong® Daily Quote – Team

“The team that won’t be beat, can’t be beat.” – Legendary Notre Dame Coach Knute Rockne

Play Strong® Daily Quote – Stay Positive

“You have to keep working and stay positive, so when your time does come, you’re prepared.” – Rafael Nadal

Play Strong® Daily Quote – Persistence

“Those who are the most persistent, and work in the true spirit, will invariably be the most successful.” – Samuel Smiles

Play Strong® Daily Quote – Belief

“Whether you believe you can do a thing or believe you can’t, you are right.” – Henry Ford

Play Strong® Daily Quote – Being Coached

“I like when they push me, when they stop coaching me that’s when I’ll be worried.” – Tim Tebow on his transition to the NFL

Tebow-Inspired Footwear “Promise”

GAINESVILLE — Nike has collaborated with EA Sports to produce a special Florida Gators Tim Tebow Nike Air Trainer 1.2, with details announced on Monday. The limited-edition shoe was themed after the former Gator and “The Promise” he made in 2008 that got a lot of credit for Florida winning the national title that season. [...]

Play Strong® Daily Quote – Press On!

“Press on! Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; genius will not; education will not; persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” Calvin Coolidge

Play Strong® Daily Quote – Family

“The two loves of my life are my son Ace and my husband Casey. They make me incredibly happy. I was born Sept. 3, 1980 and my parents are Doug and Beverly Finch. I have two older brothers, Shane and Landon. My family is my backbone, my heart and my soul. I owe everything I [...]

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