When I volunteered to fill in for Jake, I expected that it would be easy to have an inspiring message on the day after Christmas.

Of course, I can comment about being lucky to have a healthy family, or lucky to be surrounded by people who love and care about me.
I could tell a story about the laughing that ensued while playing xbox with my three sons until my fingers were sore.
I could touch on my appreciation for our military. It would be easy to reflect on how safe and cozy my Christmas was; knowing that the wish of nearly every deployed person was just to be home.

As soon as those ideas entered my head, they were scrapped…. Too cliché, I need something good.

So I thought about the three people who are my heroes.
I’d tell a story about how Mickey Mantle had me in tears as I watched a man dying from alcohol-induced liver damage say “This is a role model. Don’t be like me”.
Or maybe share a story about Robin Yount and consistently playing at a high level. I’d use my favorite Robin Yount statistic… When timed by an Oakland scout for over a dozen years, Yount’s fastest time from home plate to first base was 4.1 seconds. His slowest was 4.2.
It would be easy to write a couple paragraphs about why Jackie Robinson was my single greatest hero. His courage still makes me shake my head.

But before I started writing, I remembered… Why would Jake’s followers be interested in my heroes?

Instead, I’ve decided to take the lazy route.
As I’ve come across a noteworthy quote in the past year, I’ve started saving them in one place. Here is my list, maybe one of these items will inspire you like they do me. Have a great day.
Brian

“There are two kinds of pains in life. The pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Take your pick.”

– Coach Don Meyer

“Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that’s right is to get by, and the only thing that’s wrong is to get caught.”

– J.C. Watts

“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”

– Diana Spencer

“Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness.”

– Pat Riley

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

– Albert Schweitzer

“Character isn’t inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action.”

– Helen Gahagan Douglas

“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

– George S. Patton,

US Army General

“I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.”

– Gale Sayers

“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”

– Lou Holtz

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