One of Coach Sue Gunter's favorites quotes was, "Dream big...work hard." She felt it was the essence of what we need to be successful. Bob Knight has often said that the greatest thing a coach can have is an imagination. It's that special vision to dream -- to see the invisible, that allows to have great accomplishments. Here are some great quotes along those lines from my most recent Achievement Newsletter:“Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.”
—Doug Ivester
“All successful men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.”
—Brian Tracy
“All of our dreams can come true—if we have the courage to pursue them.”
—Walt Disney
“I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams.”
—Dr. Jonas Salk
—Dr. Jonas Salk
“To realize a dream, you must have a dream to realize.”
—Mark Victor Hansen
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”
—Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“Live out of your imagination, not your history.”
—Stephen Covey
“The man who has no imagination has no wings.”
—Muhammad Ali
“Nothing happens unless first a dream.”
—Carl Sandburg
“Successful people believe in the validity of their own dreams and goals, even if dreams are all they have to go on.”
—Denis Waitley
