"Man, I'm not trying to be important; I just go out and play."

"I just want to get on the court."

"Man, I'm not trying to be important; I just go out and play."

"These close games that we're losing, the teams are not beating us. We're kind of beating ourselves."

"Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods."

"Chase your passion, not your pension."

"The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply."

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."

"A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did."

"Whatever success people have in a field, it's a result of hard work. If you ultimately succeed in one place, you must have worked hard there or somewhere else."

"Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed."

"He sets a good example. He's a hard worker, a great person, a good guy. He tries to do everything that you want him to do. ... I think that his energy level and his example certainly affect other people."

"Lamar did a good job for us here. He worked hard. When you look at some of these circumstances, everybody has to have a role on the team. Some of the guys at that position are very good special teams contributors, and that certainly played a role in the backs that we've selected."

"This is to see whether the two years, all the drill work and all the hard work have manifested itself into something positive for him. It should be something he should be eager to do."

"It was a pointed sigh, as sighs sometimes are, not one cast into the air to evaporate, but one calculated to descend, precisely and with great effect, on a target."

"I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being."

Making an effort is polite, and getting ready and looking after yourself makes an event more fun.

“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.”

Maybe subconsciously I feel I was meant to work hard for a living.

"Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine."

"You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die."

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

"Well, while I'm here I'll do the work — and what's the work? To ease the pain of living. Everything else, drunken dumbshow."

Here's to all volunteers, those dedicated people who believe in all work and no pay.