A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.

A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.

In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.

In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.

Opportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn't come before.

Opportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn't come before.

Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.

Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.

The last struggle for our rights, the battle for our civilization is entirely with ourselves.

The last struggle for our rights, the battle for our civilization is entirely with ourselves.

Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us read more

Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, read more

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other, everything to gain

There are one hundred and ninety nine ways to beat, but only one way to win; get there first.

There are one hundred and ninety nine ways to beat, but only one way to win; get there first.

Unfortunately this earth is not. . . a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh.

Unfortunately this earth is not. . . a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh.