Ujas

“I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I'm like, 'My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don't have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it.”
― Kobe Bryant

“Rocky,” I say. “You can call me Rocky.”

“As in Balboa?” Augie asks with a smirk.

Joe throws his head back and groans. If my dad heard that he’d have a fit. I shake my head. “As in Rocky Marciano.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, Getting Dirty

“Surround Yourself with People Who Believe in Your Dreams:
Surround yourself with people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“A coward dies a thousand deaths . . . a soldier dies but once.” —Tupac Shakur”
― Bathroom Readers' Institute, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Salutes the Armed Forces