inspirational quotes.........

[cuts280]

........favorites of the legendary John Defendis.

"One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life."
- Edward B. Butler
"A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."
- Walter Gagehot

"Real leaders are ordinary people with extraordinary determination."
- Anonymous


"Success rests not only on ability, but upon commitment, loyalty, and pride."
- Vince Lombardi

"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."
- Anonymous

"Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make them."
- Anonymous

"Todays preparation determines tomorrow's achievement."
- Anonymous

"The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else."
- Anonymous

"Always act as though it were impossible to fail."
- Anonymous

"The quality of a persons life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."
- Anonymous

"People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after."
- Anonymous

"Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory."
- Anonymous

"If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting."
- Anonymous

"Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence."
- Anonymous

"Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal- a commitment to excellence- that will enable you to attain the success you seek."
- Anonymous
__________________

[gti steve]

Excellent quotes. truly inspirational!

[GerryT]

Excellent post. John is a legend in the sport and a great guy. Just speaking or being in touch with him is motivational.

[masterschamp]

Cuts,
John DeFendis is the person I consider to be my mentor in this sport. I will forever be indebted to him for all he has done for me over the years in regards to my training, as well as being a friend. He was the one to first suggest that I compete. John had lived down here until recently and has since relocated to South Carolina. He is without a doubt the most knowledgeable person I have ever come across in this sport. To watch him train was the most awesome thing I have ever witnessed in a gym. He truly is one of a kind.
BTW.... I have a 16x12 picture of John winning the USA, that he had autographed for me: "To Keith, A Great Champion and Friend--Your Buddy, Johnny D"........it is one of my most cherished possessions and hangs alone on a wall in my gym...the caption at the top of the picture reads: "Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence."


Keith

[Tim Wescott]

That`s awesome Keith.........Defendis was/is a true gym animal.

His articles pump me up,and I read them on here a lot just to get the old adrenaline flowing.

Great quotes Sareen.....thanks buddy!

[Intensity]

Very good, thanks for sharing!

PS: This anonymous guy is truly awesome

[mrbeefy]

ROAR ! ! !

In early 16th-century Rome, a little girl was walking to school one day when she passed by the Rome Public Library. In front of the library that morning, were two things she had never seen before: One was a huge, shapeless chink of marble, and the other was a man in a smock. The little girl was really curious, but she was real late for school, so she raced off to school. Later that afternoon, she was coming back from school, and she passed again by the Rome Public Library, and she was looking for that huge, shapeless chuck of marble, but it was no longer there. In its place stood a statue of the most beautiful lion she had ever seen. Michelangelo was washing his hands and thinking about what he had just done that day, and the little girl walked over and tugged on his smock. “Hey,” she said. “How did you know there was a lion in there?”

The moral of the story? If Michelangelo had not removed everything that was NOT lion from that huge, shapeless chunk of marble, no one would have ever seen the lion.

[RUBICON19]

intensity said:

Very good, thanks for sharing!

PS: This anonymous guy is truly awesome

I sometimes go by "Anonymous"

[RUBICON19]

I still like this one:

"Pizza is the bridge between suffering and happiness." - Rubicon19

[mrbeefy]

"All Hail the Big Cheese! "

(No Tim...not you! ;D)

[cuts280]

I really enjoy reading your posts Kieth, keep them coming. You are welcome,Timbo.