A champion needs a motivation ...

A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.
A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.
 Pat Riley

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
 George S. Patton
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
 Robert Schuller
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
 Harriet Beecher Stowe

Quotes from the same author

Courage is not the absence of fear, but simply moving on with dignity despite that fear.
 Pat Riley
The true warrior understands and seizes that moment by giving an effort so intense and so intuitive that it could only be called one from the heart.
 Pat Riley
In every contest, there comes a moment that separates winning from losing. The true warrior understands and seizes that moment.
 Pat Riley
Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!
 Pat Riley
There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.
 Pat Riley