Original Quotes

#1 "REPETITION"

HERE IS WHAT HAPPENS TO AN IDEA WITHOUT REPETITION. GIVE IT TO 100 PEOPLE. AFTER 24 HOURS, 25 HAVE FORGOTTEN IT. AFTER 48 HOURS, 50 HAVE FORGOTTEN IT. AFTER FOUR DAYS, 85 HAVE FORGOTTEN IT. AFTER 16 DAYS, 98 HAVE FORGOTTEN IT. IN SHORT, SIXTY TWO PERCENT OF ALL IDEAS ARE ACCEPTED ONLY AFTER THEY ARE PRESENTED, PRESENTED, PRESENTED, PRESENTED, PRESENTED, AND PRESENTED THE SIXTH TIME! TELEVISION ADVERTISERS TELL US THAT THE AVERAGE PERSON GOES OUT AND BUYS A PRODUCT AFTER HE HAS SEEN A COMMERCIAL NINETEEN TIMES.

HOW DOES THIS APPLY TO FOOTBALL IN GENERAL AND AN ATHLETE IN PARTICULAR? FOOTBALL IS A GAME OF TIMING AND INSTINCT. WHEN A BOY HAS TO THINK WHAT TO DO IN A SITUATION HE IS NOT READY. BUT WHEN HE HAS REPEATED AN ASSIGNMENT UNTIL HIS RESPONSE IS INSTINCTIVE AND SPONTANEOUS, THAT BOY IS READY. THE SAME THING THAT IS TRUE FOR ON THE FIELD ASSIGNMENTS IS ALSO TRUE FOR ATTITUDE. A POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE MUST BE CULTIVATED AND DEVELOPED UNTIL IT BECOMES THE FOUNDATION, NOT THE SUPERSTRUCTURE, FOR SUCCESS.

BILL PETERSON – FOUNDER OF THE FLORIDA STATE FOOTBALL PROGRAM’S WINNING TRADITION.


#2 “TWO LAWS”


“THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE” (BY KIPLING)

“Now this is the law of the jungle,
as old and as true as the sky.
And the wolf that keeps it shall prosper,
but the wolf that breaks it must die.
As the vine that girdles the tree trunk,
the law runneth forward and back.
The strength of the pack is the wolf,
and the strength of the wolf is the pack!”


“THE LAW OF ATHLETICS”

“And this is the law of athletics,
as true as the flight of the ball.
And the player that keeps it will win,
but the player that breaks it must fall.
As the ball and the parts it is made of,
are bound and held fast by the seam,
the strength of the team is the player,
and the strength of the player the team!”