Persistence

Students, how can you achieve your Life Planning Goals? PERSIST. Persist until you do succeed at achieving each one. Persistence is supreme! Click the start button > and listen.

 

"Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and Determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “Press On” has solved and will always solve the problems of the human race."

CALVIN COOLIDGE

Enthusiasm

"I will keep pegging away."

Abraham Lincoln

Larry Bird worked so hard. He persisted day-after-day and kept pegging away. For every shot he scored in a game, 1 million practice shots preceded it.

Finishers Wanted: Work Hard

“For every finish-line tape a runner breaks -- complete with the cheers of the crowd and the clicking of hundreds of cameras -- there are the hours of hard and often lonely work that rarely gets talked about.”

Grete Waitz

For Example: 

1. Pete Maravich, college basketball's all-time leading scorer, practiced 8-11 hours per day during the off-season.
2. Rick Mount, former National High School Basketball Player of the Year, practiced 5-6 hours per day during the off-season.
3. David White scored a perfect score on his Dental Board Exam after studying 1000 hours in six months preparing for the test.
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Work Hard-Grete Waitz

Work Hard
“For every finish-line tape a runner breaks -- complete with the cheers of the crowd and the clicking of hundreds of cameras -- there are the hours of hard and often lonely work that rarely gets talked about.”

Grete Waitz

One Minute Longer

"A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer" 


Norwegian proverb

One Minute Longer is the Extra Effort-IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE

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Keep Swinging

"My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging."
       Hank Aaron

Hank (Henry)Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's Record

TDIH - Hank Aaron Breaks Babe Ruth's Home Run Record from Tim Malieckal on Vimeo.

The Heights of Greatness

"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."

       Seneca

Motivational Pictures For Self Improvement from Rosemary Harris on Vimeo.

"Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records."
       William A. Ward


Overcome Adversity Quotes

"Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential." 

Winston Churchill

Effort-Effort-Continuous Effort

About Effort from Louder Than 11 on Vimeo.

"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew."  Saint Francis De Sale

14 Steps To Develop Patience

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Persist Until You Reach Your Goal...until you succeed.

"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.”
Babe Ruth

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Game footage of Babe Ruth from OleMissCub on Vimeo.

Your Goals: Which Roads Will You Travel?

"In life as in football, you won't go far, unless you know where

 the goalposts are"

-Arnold H. Glasgow

Thomas S. Monson tells the following true story:

I remember a time when driving to my home years ago, I approached the entrance to Interstate 15. At the on-ramp I noticed three hitchhikers, each one of whom carried a homemade sign that announced his desired destination. One sign read “Los Angeles,” while a second carried the designation “Boise.” However, it was the third sign that not only caught my attention, but also caused me to reflect and ponder its message. The hitchhiker had lettered not Los Angeles, California, nor Boise, Idaho, on the cardboard sign he held aloft. Rather, his sign consisted of but one word and read simply “Anywhere.” (Thomas S. Monson, “Which Road Will You Travel?,” Ensign, Mar 1991, 2)

3 Simple Steps How To Set And Achieve Goals Easily

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Winners Don't Quit

"You are never a failure until you accept defeat"

-Julio Salazar 

(HPHS Student 2009)
Never, Never, Never Give Up!

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Persistence and Growth

Amazing Bamboo Growth

One of my most favorite inspirational examples about persistence is the story of an Asian Bamboo species that even after five years of watering, weeding, and fertilizing is barely visible. Then, in a span of about six weeks, it grows two and a half feet a day to 90 feet and higher. It grows so fast that you can literally “hear” it growing. The question to ask is did the bamboo grow 90 feet in six weeks or did it grow 90 feet in five years? Obviously it grew 90 feet in five years, for all the time when growth wasn’t visible it was developing a massive root system that would later support its magnificent growth.

Compliments of http://hoopboost.blogspot.com, August 30, 2010