inspirational quotes

Tim Twietmeyer from Unbreakable
"Ask not for victory, ask for courage. For if you can endure, you bring honour to yourself. Even more, you have brought honour to us all."

a champion is someone who gets up when he can't
- Jack Dempsey

the purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things
- Rainer Maria Rilke

solo aquellos que se arriesgan a ir mas lejos descubrion hasta donde pueden llegar
(only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go)
- Cesar Chavez

the ultimate measure of man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy
- Martin Luther King Jr.

my candle burns at both ends;
it will not last the night;
but ah, my foes, and oh my friends
It gives a lovely light!
- Edna St. Vincent Millay

To play it safe is not to play
- Robert Altman

never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat
- F. Scott Fitzgerald

Quotes from "Without Limits"

Citius. Altius. Fortius.  It means Faster. Higher. Stronger.  It's been the motto for the Olympics for the last 2500 years.  But it doesn't mean faster, higher, and stronger than who you are competing against.  Just Faster.  Higher.  Stronger
- Bill Bowerman

The real purpose of running isn't to win a race.  It's to test the limits of the human heart.
- Bill Bowerman