Message of the Day Quotes Part III
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@approxinfinity I hate to hear ‘Less is more.’ It’s a crock of crap.
R. Lee Ermey
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Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
Zig Ziglar
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We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.
Zig Ziglar
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@approxinfinity People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing - that’s why we recommend it daily.
Zig Ziglar
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@approxinfinity Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Dale Carnegie
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@globaljaybird I don’t know man - you coming up with all these awesome quotes is kinda making me feel inferior…lol
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“Sunk costs in often unnecessary enterprises that keep a half percent of humanity rich make the world go round…a circling drain.”
—jaybate 1.0
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"Football is a head injury in a helmet happening to every player on every play, so that money can be made and autumn enjoyed at a tailgate.”
—jaybate 1.0
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“The mid range game is for suckers.”
—jaybate 1.0
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“Ask not what your rim protector can do for you. Ask what you can do for your rim protector.”
—jaybate 1.0
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@nuleafjhawk No matter who leaf; Zig is one of my all time favs because he is a very devout & outspoken Christian. Sorry for the typo. Hush now, we gotta keep the lid tight to be PC!! Keep the Faith !!
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"I know a Man Who Can."
This has been my stomping ground during this year’s off season.
Enjoy.
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@globaljaybird Great story. As far as the actual song, I don’t normally go for that type of music, but I can honestly say that I really, really enjoyed that song. I’ve noticed that pretty much anything that is truthful and beautiful is worth the time!
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@approxinfinity Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent.
Milan Kundera
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@approxinfinity Dogs notice, they share, they draw conclusions, they like it when they’re able to be of service and are touchingly grateful when they’re praised.
Roger Ebert
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" You think I’ll have a hard time finding tickets for the KU vs Texas game? "
my stupid brother in law
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@approxinfinity When dogs fulfill their roles they are ecstatically happy.
Robert Crais
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@nuleafjhawk “Phil, I wanna pick your brain” My stupid brother in law.
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“An ounce of immunity is worth a pound of prevention and a ton of cure.”
–jaybate 1.0
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“Zone defense and Bill Self are like John Boehner and Barack Obama. Even when you see them together, they are not really acknowledging the legitimacy of the other.”
–jaybate 1.0
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“Worst case: we get a guy who doesn’t have the talent of Wigs, but leaves it all on the floor every game.” … KUSTEVE
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@approxinfinity I think Steve’s quote needs a PHOF !!
“And if I had three thumbs, they’d all be up !”
globaljaybird
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@jaybate-1.0 “And if America ever needed an enema, Washington DC is where they’d put the tube !”
globaljaybird
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@approxinfinity The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.
Babe Ruth
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@approxinfinity Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
Ted Williams
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@approxinfinity It helps if the hitter thinks you’re a little crazy.
Nolan Ryan
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Even if you meet the Buddha in the lane… feed him the damn ball.
Phil Jackson
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@approxinfinity Groucho Marx (1890-1977):
‘I never forget a face, but in your case I’d be glad to make an exception.’ Groucho Marx (1890-1977)
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@approxinfinity " A wise old owl sat on an oak, The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren’t we like that wise old bird? "
Edward H. Richards
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@approxinfinity Years ago while in a heated exchange with my youngest son in reference to his poor grades in hs, he blasted out, “Well I didn’t ask to be born!” I swiftly & tartly replied, " You’re damn lucky you didn’t, 'cause the answer would have been NO !!" globaljaybird
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Forgive me if I may have posted this in the past, It is an oldie but goodie, noteworthy of a repost.
“There’s many a slip twixt the cup of the lip.”
Old Mother jaybird
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“A friend is one who knows who you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you become, and still gently invites you to grow.” Anonymous
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@approxinfinity Another classic that Mother jaybird said when we were young,
“Keep your temper to yourself; no one else wants it.”
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“Here, then, is the key. There is no key. There is not even a lock.”
-jaybate 1.0
“A bird in the hand should be allowed to fly away.”
–jaybate 1.0
“When you are thrown under a bus, lay very flat between the wheel tracks and let it go by; then call in your IOUs.”
-jaybate 1.0
“If I could have anything, I would have everything that felt good and hurt no one and helped someone.”
jaybate 1.0
“Waiting for basketball season to start is like waiting for sex without foreplay.”
–jaybate 1.0
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“When you get to a fork in the road, take it” - Yogi Berra.
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@approxinfinity There are two kinds of people, those who do the work, and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there. Indira Gandhi
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Be not simply good; be good for something. Henry David Thoreau
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You were born as an original. Don’t die as a copy. Anon
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@globaljaybird That “Anon” dude comes up with some really good ones!
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" Can someone please tell me what the hell direction the wind is actually blowing ? "
Jack Cantele
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@approxinfinity It only takes a day to find a friend, a swift moment to lose them, but an entire lifetime to forget them. Anon
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@approxinfinity The older I get, the smarter my Dad gets. Mark Twain
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@approxinfinity A successful man makes more money than his woman can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. Anon
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All of us get lost in the darkness
Dreamers learn to steer by the stars
All of us do time in the gutter
Dreamers turn to look at the cars
From “The Pass” by Rush
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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” - Oscar Wilde
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"Always remember that Bill Walsh was 2-14 once. But only once.”
-jaybate 1.0
“Always remember that Bill Self was 6-21 once. But only once.”
jaybate 1.0
“The most important thing to learn from failure is how not to fail again.”
jaybate 1.0
“Putting a team on the back of an OAD with a low foundation is like playing Russian Roulette with a 9MM Beretta and a full clip.”
—jaybate 1.0
“You can make a shooter take it, but you can’t make him make it.”
—jaybate 1.0
“One forearm smash is worth an Urban Dictionary of trash talking.”
—jaybate 1.0
“Dunk means never having to say you’re sorry.”
—jaybate 1.0
“One way to recognize coaches cheating at recruiting is that they tend to have more talent than coaching skill.”
—jaybate 1.0
“It is easier to take the play ground out of a player than it is to take the suburb out of a player.”
—jaybate 1.0
“The greatest threat to the current African American dominance of basketball is the African American migration to the suburbs.”
—jaybate 1.0
“Big Sports Media and Big Sports Gaming are two sides of the same vig.”
—jaybate 1.0
“Slumps are periods of time when everyone knows what you are doing wrong but you.”
—jaybate 1.0
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“An epigram is something you could have said with more words but didn’t.”
jaybate 1.0
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“Many try to prove they are extraordinary. I seek to prove the ordinary can be extraordinary.”
–jaybate 1.0
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Everyone you meets is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always. Author unknown
