Inspirations

I get my ideas from lots of different places and wanted to create a page where you can see some of the many things that inspire me to create. There's no particular rhyme or reason so make sure you check out the whole page.

Everything I've achieved in life, I've gotten from thinking positive. It sounds like such a simple thing, but if you believe you can do something and you are willing to put in the work, you'd be surprised at the results you get. To keep positive thoughts in my head, I've written down inspiring quotes over the years and decided to share some of them here. Hopefully they will have a positive effect on you.

"If you don't think you can, you won't." - Jerry West

This one is as simple as it reads; before you CAN do something great, you have to BELIEVE you can do it.

"In great attempts, it is glorious to even fail." - Bruce Lee

Just trying something new in life is a good thing regardless of if you fail at first. If we don't try new things at all, we'll never grow as individuals.

"Nothing will work unless you do." - John Wooden

Another plain and simple quote; nothing comes easy in life, you have to work for it.

"We are what we believe we are." - Benjamin Cardozo

The way we see ourselves is the way others will see us. If we see ourselves as successful, our mind will help us believe we are. If we see ourselves as losers, well, our mind will make us believe that too.

"Confidence and courage come through preparation and practice." - Unknown

In sports, particularly in the pros, athletes practice constantly, not just to learn a skill but to train their body and mind to be able to react without thinking, under pressure. When you prepare and train properly, your mind knows you're ready when the going gets tough and allows you body to do what it needs to do.

"The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else." - Geoffrey Gaberino

Too often in life we get caught up in what others are doing and constantly compete and compare ourselves to others. This doesn't help us because we each have to grow at our own pace. If you do something better the second time than you did it the first, then you improved and should be happy. For example, in the Olympics you often see an athlete win a Bronze medal (third place) and they are just as happy as if they won, not because they didn't win, but because it was the fastest that they've ever gone. Sometimes your best isn't going to get you first place because others might simply be better than you that day, but if you challenge yourself to do better each and every time, you'll learn to push yourself when others don't.

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