SEAN STELLATO

Certified NFLPA Agent, Certified Personal Trainer, Motivational Speaker, 

Former Arena Football Player, Coach, Marathon Runner & Author.     

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

 

 

LIFE'S THOUGHTS
 
-YOU ARE WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY...THEREFORE EXCELLENCE IS A HABIT-    Socrates

 

bulletYou've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.

 

bulletWhen someone tells you that you can't go any farther, just tell them to look behind you and see how far you've come.

 

bulletThe future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams

 

bulletFall seven times; stand up eight.

 

bulletIf you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen.

 

bulletNever give up. Keep your thoughts and your mind always on the goal.

 

bulletThe difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination.

 

bulletIt's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.

 

bulletProgress always involves risk. You can't steal second with your foot on first.

 

bulletTo accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

 

bulletYou can't be a winner and be afraid to lose

 

bulletListen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise

 

bulletIt is easier to believe than to doubt

 

bulletDon't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.

 

bulletit's simply a matter of doing what you do best and not worrying about what the other fellow is going to do.

 

bulletSooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.

 

bulletIf you imagine it, You can achieve it. If you can dream it, You can become it.

 

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Vince Lombardi

 
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
William Arthur Ward
 
Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly.
Robert F. Kennedy
 
History had demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heart-breaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
B.C. Forbes
 
Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers.
Theodore Roosevelt
 
These difficulties are intended for us to become better not bitter
Unknown
 
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
The impossible is often the untried.
Jim Goodwin
 
Obstacles are what we see when we take our eyes off of the goal.
Crossman

 

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while other judge us
by what we have already done." -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.-Vince Lombardi
 
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. - Mark Twain
 
"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
-Ben Franklin
 
 
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us."
-Helen Keller
 
"Never give In!" "Never, never, never, never give in, except to convictions of honor or good sense"-Winston Churchill

What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us!"-Oliver Wendell Holmes

"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by his own conscious endevor"-Henry David Thoreau
 
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. -Thomas Jefferson


"Adversity cause some men to break; others to break records."
-William A. Ward


What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
They are but trifles, to be sure, but, scattered along life's pathway,
The good they do is inconceivable. - Joseph Addison (1672-1719)


There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. - Epictetus (55-135)


We seldom think of what we have, but always of what we lack. - Arthur Schopenauer (1788-1860)


Happiness consists more in small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)

Things refuse to be mismanaged long." -Roman Maxim

"Some people live on what they know; Some people live for what they don't." -Sheik Abu Hanif

"There are tough guys and there are smart guys, but there are only a few tough/smart guys...What are you?" -Robert E. Stevenson Sr.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow

Every morning in africa, a gazelle wakes up.  It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.  Every morning a lion wakes up.  It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.  It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle:  when the sun comes up, you'd better be running!

"Progress always involves risk: you can't steal second base and keep your oot on first"-Frederick Wilcox

We don't stock the fruits-only the seeds.

Instead of pointing a finger, why not hold out a hand.

You take a setback and turn it into a comeback.

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.  The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena...." -Theodore Roosevelt

Loser:  "It may be possible, but it will be difficult."
Winner:  "It may be difficult, but it is possible."

A man's worth should be judged not for getting ahead of others, but by surpassing himself.

The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.

You can't get anywhere today if you're bogged down in yesterday.

Cherish yesterday, Dream tomorrow, Live today.

Home is not where you live, but where you are understood.

"Moving beyond your comfort zone-that's how you achieve things."

"I learned if I tried harder for a longer period of time than enyone else, I could win, even if I didn't have the greatest talent."

How you finish a play, a day, or a life itself is more important than how you start it.

If you never stick your neck out, you'll never get your head above the crowd.

"He climbs highest who helps another up. "  -Zig Ziglar

"Character is victory, not a gift."  -Ivor Griffith

"Great souls have wills, feeble ones have only wishes."  -Chinese proverb

"The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."  -Michelangelo

"Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people." -Henry Emerson Fosdick

"The next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it." -Frank A. Clark

"Shoot for the moon.  Even if you miss it, you will land among the stars." -Les Brown

"We must always have old memories and young hopes." -Ronald Reagan

"Pray for a good harves, but keep on plowing."  -Anonymous

"Use the past as a springboard, not a sofa. "

"Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top.  Then you will see how low it was."  -Dag Hammarskjold

"Discipline is not what you do to someone; it is what you do for someone." -Lou Holtz

"Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success."  -Dale Carnegie

"Take a lesson from the mosquito.  She never waits for an opening-she makes one." - Kirk Kirkpatrick

"He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bstows one should never remember it."  -Charron

"Don't find fault.  find a remedy."  -Henry Ford

"The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side."  -Margret Carty

"A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure."  -Classic Crossword Puzzles

"If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet."  -Isaac Bashevis Singer

"In the long run, the pessiimist may be proved right, but the optomist has a better time on the trip." -Daniel L. Reardon

"Love cures people-both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it."  -Dr. Karl Mennninger

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -Eleanor Roosevelt

"You can't have everything.  Where would you put it?"  -Steven Wright

"Be not simply good; be good for something." -Henry David Thoreau

"The easiest way to have your way is to go out and make it."  -Thoughts for Today

"Even if you can't prevent another's sorrow, caring will lessen it." -Frank A. Clark

"Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get." -Anonymous

"There is no danger of developing eyestrain from looking on the bright side." -Cheer

"Live your life and forget your age." -Frank Bering

"Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief."  -Anonymnous

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.  Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.  Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not;  the world is full of educated derelicts.  Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."-Calvin Coolidge

"You've got to be smart to be #1 in any business.  But more important, you've got to play with your heart; with evey fiber of your body.  The objective is to WIN...fairly, squarely, decently, by the rules...but to win."  -Vince Lombardi

"No race can prosper until it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem." -Booker T. Washington

SINCERE:  composed of Latin terms "sine" and "cere"= "without wax."  If a potter stamped "sine cere". there were never ny cracks in the pottery, therefore, no wax or glue was needed.

You have thousands of opportunities to keep quiet, use every one of them.

The missing ingredient in most of our talking is a little shortening.

Always watch the sords you speak,
Keep them few ans sweet;
There may be some bitter words
You will have to eat.

"Keep Quiet"  (Proverbs 10:19) Matthew 12:36)

If you believe what you say, what you say will be more believable.

Learn from the mistakes of others; you may not live long enough to make them all yourself.

"Whenever you start-give it your best.  The opportunities are there to be anything you want to be.  But wanting to be someone isn't enough; dreaming about it isn't enough; thinking about it isn't enough.  You've got to study for it, work for it, fight for it with all your heart and soul, because nobody is going to hand it to you."  -General Colin Powel

"No dream comes true until you wake up and go to work." -Banking

"No power in the world can keep a first-class man down or a fourth-class man up."  -Defender

"You can't turn back the clock, but you can wind it up again."  -Bonnie Prudden

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."  -Will Rogers

"Be dissatisfied enough to improve, but satisfied enough to be happy."  -J. Harold Smith

"Why not go out on a limb?  Isn't that where the fruit is? "  Frank Scully

"There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen."  -Hugh Prather

"It may not be your fault for being down, but it's got to be your fault for not getting up."  -Steve Davis

"Don't be against things so much as for things." Col. Harland Sanders

"What you get by reaching your goals is not nearly as important as what you become by reaching them"  -Zig Ziglar

"One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything every night before you go to bed."  -Ann Landers

"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."  -Chinese Proverb

"There's no traffic jam on the extra mile." -Unknown

 
"Fame is a vapor,
Popularity an accident,
Riches take wings.
Only one thing endures-
Character"
-Horace Greeley
 

"Raise your voice only in enthusias." P.S.

"Fall seven times, stand up eight."  -Japanese Proverb

"It is a happy talent to know how to play."  -Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice."  -Thomas Paine

"The world is not interested in the storms you encountered, but whether you brought in the ship."  -Journal of True Education

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."  Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Your life is either a celebration or a chore.  The choice is yours."  -Anonymous

"Success doesn't come to you...you go to it."  -Marva Collins

"Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again..."  -Henry Ford

"Life in abundance comes only through great love."  -Elbert Hubbard

"It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself."  -Eleanor Roosevelt

"When nobody around you seems to measure up, it's time to check your yardstick."  -Bill Lemley

Joe Theismann: Famous Football Quotes
Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.

Jerry Rice: Famous Football Quotes
I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that.

George Plimpton: Famous Football Quotes
At the base of it was the urge, if you wanted to play football, to knock someone down, that was what the sport was all about, the will to win closely linked with contact.

Anna Quindlen, Living Out Loud: Famous Football Quotes
I do not like football, which I think of as a game in which two tractors approach each other from opposite directions and collide. Besides, I have contempt for a game in which players have to wear so much equipment.

Dave Barry: Famous Football Quotes
I have seen women walk right past a TV set with a football game on and - this always amazes me - not stop to watch, even if the TV is showing replays of what we call a "good hit," which is a tackle that causes at least one major internal organ to actually fly out of a player's body.

Bill Peterson: Famous Football Quotes
Just remember the words of Patrick Henry -- Kill me or let me live.

Bruce Coslet: Famous Football Quotes
We can't run. We can't pass. We can't stop the run. We can't stop the pass. We can't kick. Other than that, we're just not a very good football team right now.

Theodore Roosevelt’s Letters to His Children: Famous Football Quotes
I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into the sole end of any one's existence. I don't want you to sacrifice standing well in your studies to any over-athleticism; and I need not tell you that character counts for a great deal more than either intellect or body in winning success in life. Athletic proficiency is a mighty good servant, and like so many other good servants, a mighty bad master.

Jack Trice, Iowa State football player, died on the football field in 1923: Famous Football Quotes
The honor of my race, family and self is at stake. Everyone is expecting me to do big things. I will. My whole body and soul are to be thrown recklessly about the field. Every time the ball is snapped, I will be trying to do more than my part... Fight low, with your eyes open and toward the play. Watch out for crossbucks and reverse end runs. Be on your toes every minute if you expect to make good. Jack.
 

Tom Landry: Football Inspirational Quote
Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable.

Jock Sutherland: Football Inspirational Quote
Speed is not your fastest, but your slowest man. No back can run faster than his interference.

John Heisman: Football Inspirational Quote
Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football.

Darrell Royal: Football Inspirational Quote
The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in your hearts.

Knute Rockne: Football Inspirational Quote
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it.

Charles Mann: Football Inspirational Quote
Sports should always be fun.

Bill Peterson: Football Inspirational Quote
Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season