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Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character.

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"All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do."

Norman Vincent Peale

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Scars remind us where we've been, they don't have to dictate where we're going.

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"Don't be afraid to go after what you want to do, 
and what you want to be.
But don't be afraid to be willing to pay the price."
Lane Frost

Worth Quoting - Attitude

"Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hopes. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me."

Charles R. Swindoll

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"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on!"

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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. "
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength."

Tryon Edwards

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When riding a horse, we leave our fear, troubles, and sadness behind on the ground.
  - Juli Carlson

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"A winning effort begins with preparation."

Joe Gibbs

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Watch your thoughts, THEY BECOME WORDS.

Watch your words, THEY BECOME ACTIONS.

Watch your actions, THEY BECOME HABITS.

Watch your habits, THEY BECOME CHARACTER.

Watch your character, IT BECOMES YOUR DESTINY.

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"We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn" Mary Catherine Bateson

So true and helpful in Rodeo I am always learning new things.    

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"Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it."


Mia Hamm

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"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best." ~Tim Duncan

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The Outside of a Horse is good for the inside of a Man. --- Will Rogers

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"Dreams and dedication are a powerful combination."

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"Remember that the more you know, the less you fear."

This is especially true with children. They need to learn everything they can about horses, their event and rodeo in general. Get them books, DVDs and take them to clinics as often as possible. Their rodeo performance and their confidence will improve.

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Believe in the best. Think your best. Act your best. Do your best & never ever settle for less than your best.

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Our Greatest Glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we Fall! --Confucious

In rodeo there are a lot of setbacks. Girls hit their best time in barrels and can't seem to break through. Boys may go 2 or 3 rodeos without catching their calves or getting to the 8 seconds. To get to the next level you have keep going. Getting up or getting back on is the most important part.

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"Success is the sum of all small efforts, repeated day in and day out." -- Robert Collier