"When we fail to praise someone who deserves praise, two sad things happen: We run a chance of driving him from the right road for want of encouragement, and we deprive ourselves of one of the very happiest of our privileges – the privilege of rewarding labor that deserves a reward." — John Ruskin
"Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than fear, to try rather than not to try." — Eleanor Roosevelt
"The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else.It has to be yours. " — Peggy Fleming