• “ It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice!”

• Barrie McDermott – Leeds and Barrie McDermott – Leeds and Great BritainGreat Britain

• (Advice from his mum)(Advice from his mum)

• “Doing your best is more important than being the best.”

• Shannon Miller – Shannon Miller – US gold medal gymnast 1996US gold medal gymnast 1996

• “ Do you know what my favourite part of the game is?

• The opportunity to play.”

• Mike Singletary Mike Singletary American Football starAmerican Football star

• “Sportsmanship takes a great deal of love, fairness and respect for your fellow human being.

• Put all these together and even if you don’t win, how can you lose?”

• Jesse OwensJesse OwensWinner of four gold medals at the Winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics1936 Olympics

• “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

• Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela

• “We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.”

• Helen Keller, a very brave lady Helen Keller, a very brave lady who was deaf and blindwho was deaf and blind

• “All that is necessary for evil to flourish is that good people do nothing.”

• Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke

• “Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”

• Mahatma GandhiMahatma Gandhi

•“Aim high, even if you only hit a cabbage!”

• Tanni Grey Thompson – Tanni Grey Thompson – Paralympic ChampionParalympic Champion

• “ When the one great scorer, comes to count against your name, he counts not whether you won or lost, but how you played the game.”

• Grantland Rice – Grantland Rice – American sports writerAmerican sports writer

“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”

Indira Gandhi – former Prime Indira Gandhi – former Prime Minister of IndiaMinister of India

• “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.”

• Dr Martin Luther Dr Martin Luther King Jr.King Jr.

• “Do not wait for leadership; do good to each other, person to person.”

• Mother TeresaMother Teresa

“Friendship is not something you just learn in school. But if you don’t learn the meaning of friendship then you haven’t really learned anything in life.”

Muhammad AliMuhammad Ali

• “Be kind whenever possible and remember – it is always possible!”

• The Dalai LamaThe Dalai Lama

• “Coming together is a beginning,

• Keeping together is progress,

• Working together is success.”

• Henry T FordHenry T Ford

“I have learned that in any great task, it is never enough simply to rely on oneself.”

• Chief Red Cloud of the Chief Red Cloud of the Oglala SiouxOglala Sioux

• “People who work together will win, whether it be against well organised football defences or against the problems of everyday life.”

• Vince Lombardi – US Football Vince Lombardi – US Football CoachCoach

• “Knowing what must be done does away with fear.”

• Rosa Parks – the American Rosa Parks – the American civil rights protestorcivil rights protestor

•“If you can’t accept losing then you can’t win.”

• Vince Lombardi – American Vince Lombardi – American football coachfootball coach

• “Some see things and say, ‘Why?’

• but I dream things and say, ‘Why not?’”

• George Bernard Shaw – Irish George Bernard Shaw – Irish writerwriter

• “Alone we can achieve so little.

• Together we can achieve so much.”

• Helen KellerHelen Keller

• “The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.”

• Linus Pauling – Scientist Linus Pauling – Scientist and Nobel Prize winnerand Nobel Prize winner

•“What matters is that you never give up.”

• Stephen Hawking – brilliant scientist Stephen Hawking – brilliant scientist who has overcome disabilitywho has overcome disability

•“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”

• Frederick Douglass – Ex-slave Frederick Douglass – Ex-slave who became a famous American who became a famous American politicianpolitician

• “Nobody, but nobody, can make it on their own.”

• Maya AngelouMaya Angelou

•“Nothing will work unless you do.”

• Maya Angelou - writerMaya Angelou - writer

•“A day without laughter is a day wasted.”

• Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin

•“The time to do the right thing is now.”

• Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela

• “Courage is going on when you don’t have the energy to go on.”

• Ellen MacArthur – fastest person Ellen MacArthur – fastest person to sail solo around the worldto sail solo around the world

• “The future depends on what we do now.”

• Mahatma Gandhi – Mahatma Gandhi – great Indian leadergreat Indian leader

• “ Always have a vivid imagination because you never know when you might need it.”

• J K RowlingJ K Rowling

• “We are going to chase perfection knowing full well we will not catch it because nothing is perfect. But in chasing it we will catch excellence.”

• Vince Lombardi – American Vince Lombardi – American football coachfootball coach

• “You miss 100% of the shots you never take.”

• Wayne Gretzky – Canadian Wayne Gretzky – Canadian ice hockey player and coachice hockey player and coach

• “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”Albert Einstein

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