Favourite Motivational Phrases

[Becks]

Keep them coming guys, I'm up to June, got to make it till mid October! One a week!

[Kitch]

Becks, question
are these for you ?

[fish]

Some Vince Lombardi ones -

"If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?"
"Winning isn't everything--but wanting to win is."
"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."

And I like this famous quote about Lombardi -
"When Lombardi said 'sit down,' we didn't look for a chair."
-- Forrest Gregg


More at
http://www.vincelombardi.com/about/quotes.htm

[Mrs H]

"If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;'

i always thought that was a load of bollocks

[Jon X]

"If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;'

i always thought that was a load of bollocks

Whereas the lines elsewhere in the same poem

If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds worth of distance run

are much better if you ask me

The legend Ron Clarke must have thought so, he used them for the title of his autobiography.

[Gross]

Just listen to the 3 miljonija song that I used to play before Scotland matches.... Patrick W came up with the best description.... 'it makes you want to invade a small nation'

[Fat and Forty]

Quote from a JOK member when oberserving a orienteer who I will not name jogging between controls "get on with it ----- your not remapping it"

[Becks]

Not for me! It's for a friend who wants to run a 4-4.30 marathon in October, I'm giving her a training plan/diary for Christmas!

[EddieH]

Well you'd better make sure that you don't include Mharky's

[swat]

Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever

Keanu Reeves in The Replacements

[redkite]

Our basketball coach of many years ago used to scream at us

"defeeeeeence you pregnant camels'

Seemed to work

[streaker]

only short ones like!!!
from rocky IV "NO PAIN" "NO PAIN"

and the good old 2 i say all the time to me sen!!!

"COME ON YOU FAT BASTARD"

"TITS BLAZING"

[frog]

"Get those knees up!" designed to make you want to thump the "motivator".
Surely no orienteer has a favourite motivational phrase? It's like having a favourite bit of management speak.

[Becks]

Well, as I've nearly reached the end of September, there must be a few! I think it's "favourite" in the same way that I "really love" Hollyoaks.

Ahem.

[Kitch]

are these for you

Not for me! It's for a friend ...

oh well
I was going to offer you your own personal phrase.
But I guess your freind, or anyone can adapt it

"OK << insert surname >> , off your arse"

maybe use this earlier in the year as it sounds like you've reached the on your arse phase.