Spectacular achievements are always preceded by unspectacular preparation. Roger Staubach

• preparation
• achievement

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital. Joe Paterno

• preparation
• planning

I will study and prepare and one day my chance will come. Abraham Lincoln

• preparation

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm X

• preparation

Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four hours sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln

• preparation
• time management

The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself. Training counts. You can't win any game unless you are ready to win. Connie Mack

• sports
• practice
• preparation

I am not a strategic coach; I am a practice coach. John Wooden

• sports
• preparation

We talk in coaching about "winners" - kids, and I've had a lot of them, who just will not allow themselves or their team to lose. Coaches call that a will to win. I don't. I think that puts the emphasis in the wrong place. Everybody has a will to win. What's far more important is having the will to prepare to win. Bobby Knight

• sports
• preparation
• practice

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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure. Colin Powell

• preparation
• success
• work
• failure

The absolute bottom line in coaching is organization and preparing for practice. Bill Walsh

• preparation
• coaching
• practice

People are always getting ready to live but never living. Ralph Waldo Emerson

• preparation

You always have to prepare for the obstacles that are going to come. Consequently, when they do come, it doesn't affect you mentally near as much as when you're unprepared for them. Lou Holtz

• adversity
• preparation

How you run the race - your planning, preparation, practice, and performance - counts for everything. Winning or losing is a by-product, and aftereffect, of that effort. John Wooden

• preparation
• victory
• sports

Do those things necessary to bring forth your personal best and don't lose sleep worrying about the competition. John Wooden

• sports
• preparation
• worry

The score will take care of itself when you take care of the effort that precedes the score. John Wooden

• competition
• effort
• preparation

It's better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret. Jacki Joyner-Kersee

• regret
• preparation

Flying by the seat of your pants precedes crashing by the seat of your pants. Bill Walsh

• preparation

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