The vision of a champion by Anson Dorrance. Quotes III

-Your attitude affects everything you do.
-What is also nice about these qualities is that you can have them just by a decision you make.
-Everyone has strengths. Keep working on your weak areas, but make your strengths flourish. Focus on what you can control, work ethic and attitude. Don't let anyone ever tell you can't be great. There is greatness in all of us.
-When times really get tough, that's when your true self comes out.
-If it were easy, everyone would do it.
-The ones who deal with tough, competitive, difficult situations in a positive way usually seem to be the ones who move on, or if they don't, they still feel a sense of reward and fulfillment.
-I felt honored to play on that team. It was my job to accept whatever role necessary for the good of the team, but to keep trying to achieve more.
-The hardest problem in making females into great soccer players is trying to get them to excel in the one v. one environment. One v. one is the most important drill for teaching not only optimum soccer skills but the psychological dimension needed to compete. I cannot stress enough its importance.
-Being competitive means being fully engaged in the game, which is actually a sign of respect for your opponent, because to play any easier against an opponent, or against your best friend, in practice is actually demonstrating a lack of respect.
-Enriching your life also means to expanding it.
-What it takes to develop individual soccer skills: the correct technique, and the enormous time commitment required to do it.
-To develop tactically, you have to become a student of the game.
-Pick out your heroes, and emulate them.
-When it truly counts, you are on your own. Your margin of success is based on your inner drive.
-You can solve problems. You make a difference. If you feel cut off, you reconnect with the coach. That is what it means to take responsibility. When faced with challenges, or problems, look within yourself and decide what you can do to make things better.
-What you have to do is to take responsibility, and then, n that declaration of responsibility, you are winning an amazing victory.
-Popularity and respect are different. Being liked is not as lasting as being respected.
-She would speak up on the field consistently, and she also used the correct tone.
-The right voice is a combination of tone and the manner with which you command a group.