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Unread postby polevaultprincess » Sun Sep 22, 2002 2:14 pm

Anyone have any good quotes that help them stay motivated, or get pumped up for vaulting?

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Unread postby Azbeachboy1 » Mon Sep 23, 2002 1:20 am

"Just kick God's buttt!!!! Literally!"
Just fly high, and KISS THE SKY!!!

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Unread postby indestructo » Wed Oct 23, 2002 12:38 pm

here's a nice easy one that I always have posted in my locker


"Heart"

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Unread postby Azbeachboy1 » Wed Oct 23, 2002 2:13 pm

"Fart!"-Kinda like rocket thrusters while taking off.
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Unread postby localrunner » Wed Oct 23, 2002 7:00 pm

"You can't have no in your heart
No is not an option"
-Joe Dirt

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Unread postby PinkPoleVaulter » Sun Oct 27, 2002 3:01 pm

:star: Before I vault, I tell myself "Just do it." I know it is sometimes overused, but I LOVE that saying. :D
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man.
Sooner or later the man who wins
Is the one who thinks he can.

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Unread postby sunshinePV » Fri Nov 22, 2002 12:28 am

"something inside me just said 'hey...i want to beat that guy' and I just took off"


"to give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift"

Both of these are from Prefontaine. Go Pre. :star:
"to give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift" -Pre

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Unread postby VaultFreak » Sat Nov 23, 2002 1:30 am

I'm a little negative sometimes, I'll either start calling myself names and then prove myself wrong, or sometimes I need to quit thinking about it so much so I start singing 80's songs
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Unread postby swtvault » Sat Nov 23, 2002 2:49 am

here is a quote from one of my high school coaches, Erich Momberger--Olympic Decathalete.

As the Ancients Anxiously await
For a champion to Harken in Haste
Atop the Mount ablaze
The voice of Fevs Sonates
"whosoever will, let them come."

Erich engraved this poem on a piece of glass when I graduated. It is one of my most prized possesions, and I look to it whenever things go bad. very sentimental issue for me......sob sob.....Erich was a huge motivating force for me in HS. He and his wife now live in his home country of Papua New Guniea.
Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties.

Stockdale Paradox

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Unread postby Robert schmitt » Sat Nov 23, 2002 1:37 pm

"games are won or lost in the hearts of men before they ever step onto the field of battle"

"St. Vince" (Vince Lombardi)

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Unread postby PvaultinGirl » Sat Nov 23, 2002 6:23 pm

just tell yourself "Fear is NOT an option!" (if you are feeling a little nervouse). i try and have my friends tell me jokes to keep me loose/ not too focused on what i have to do next, otherwise i get nervouse.
POLE VAULTING....Fear is NOT and option!

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Unread postby localrunner » Mon Nov 25, 2002 3:48 pm

What "fear is not an option" that is the gayest thing I have heard all day... it is "No is not an option"


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