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

"To give less than your best is to sacrifice the gift." -Steve Prefontaine

"Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates." -Magic Johnson

"Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting." -George Orwell

"I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em." -Jim Valvano

"Sports do not build character. They reveal it." -John Wooden

"I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want somebody else to go chase it"- Rogers Gornsby

"I've never questioned the integrity on an umpire. Their eyesight, yes"- Lou Durocher

"You must sacrifice, train, do everything possible to put yourself in a position to win. But if you consider second or third a failure, I feel sorry for you."

"Dedication and commitment are what transfer dreams into realities."

"A coach is someone who always makes you do what you don't want to do, so you can be who you've always wanted to be."

"There is no glory in practice, but without practice there is no glory."

"A winner is someone who sets their goals, commits themselves to those goals and then pursues their goals with all the ability that God has given them. That requires someone who beleives in themselves, who will make self sacrifices, work hard, and maintain the determination to perform at the best of their ability." -C. Leeman Bennett

"Cross-Country, finally, a good use of golf courses!"

"If Cross Country were easy, it would be called football!"

"Running is 90% mental, the rest is physical."

"While running, it is rude to count the people you pass out loud."

"Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win." -- Tom Fleming

"Cross Country is like poker. You have to be holding five good cards all the time." -- Rollie Geiger

"Most people race to see who is the fastest, I race to see who has the most guts."- Steve Prefontaine

"I never walk up to the starting line with thoughts of coming in second."

"The pride you gain is worth the pain." - Dennis Ogilvie

"Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts." -Ralph Boston

"Running is like life, it's a long journey, but well worth it."

"Cross Country, the sport you don't play."

"A run begins the moment you forget you are running." -Adidas

"We run for everyone who can't. I suppose that means you!" XC Shirt

"Anyone can run 100 meters. . . . It's the next 4900 that count!"

"In running, it doesn't matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say 'I have finished.' There is a lot of satisfaction in that."

"Some people don't have the guts for distance racing. The polite term for them is sprinters."

"GO THE DISTANCE!"