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One of my favorite quotes:

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -Vince Lombardi

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-Anonymous


But more seriously, all four of Karthik's favorite quotes are lovely.

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One particular line caught favor in the Columbia area in recent years.

I've also been known to steal occasionally from wrestler (and Gamecock fan) Ric Flair. Not that I would use all of his material around here, but this one works nicely when going up against tough competition. I tried to transcribe the whole thing, but it's hard to capture the fullness of Flair's delivery. As such, I'll just take the most-remembered line: to be the man, you gotta beat the man. Lots of teams go into an event thinking they're the man (I've been guilty of it too) but a full realization of where the man actually is you realize just how hard you'll have to work to leave with the gold around your waist.

Which brings me to another quote from boxer Joe Louis: "Everyone has a plan until they've been hit."

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Destination: Einstein

is what I'm going with now.

It should be good for several years.

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"only when you start to believe that you can win, will you begin to win." Gary Somo

oh and "You can't coast uphill!" me

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Luck is the residue of design. - John Milton

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Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. -- ??

Luck is also a quarterback. - NFL

Potluck means you don't know what's for dinner.

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I've been collecting quotes with the intent of posting them around our shop. Here are some of my favorites:

"You don’t need to prototype everything, just the things you want to work." - John V-Neun

"Excellence is contagious." - Andy Baker

"The secret to this whole thing is that it’s the robot that builds the team." - John Boucher

"FIRST is like pizza. You and I may like different toppings, but there is no wrong way to do it." - George Wallace

"I’m not going to tell you all that you all are winners. At this point you are smart enough to know whether you are or you aren’t." - Woodie Flowers

"I find that once the students start building a robotics project, they are too busy learning for me to teach." - Jason Brett

"Good robots with bad drivers can lose.
Bad robots with good drivers can win.
Good robots with good drivers can dominate." - James Tonthat

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JVN's list of favorite quotes has some really good ones.

Anything by JVN or Coproli or Karthik in the CD spotlights are really good. Maybe not anything, but you know... they have some gems.

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I would recommend having some determination quotes. There are a couple of good ones in here. I like Vince L. and Colin P. quotes:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ke...rmination.html

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Superhuman effort isn't worth a [anything] unless it achieves results. -Ernest Shackleton

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From the list:

"Strike First
Strike Hard
No Mercy"
-Cobra Kai


:') So beautiful.

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A quote for the Scouts and competition teams out there:
知彼知己，百戰不殆；不知彼而知己，一勝一負；不知彼，不知己，每戰必殆
It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.

Literal translation: Know other, know self, hundred battles without danger; not knowing other but know self, one win one loss; not knowing other, not knowing self, every battle must lost. - Sun Tzu

This is only true if you take the additional advice in in the Art of War.

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I stumbled across a good John Adams quote yesterday reading Bunch of Amateurs. (Really good book idea, mediocre book execution)

A few more I really like:

I think FRC does a great job cutting through the laziness by giving us only six weeks.

A silent prayer every time you close the 120 Amp breaker.

His letters to shareholders (linke above) are worth reading for the op-ed comments and life outlooks that go along with the financial business he is most famous for.

Not everyone can build vertical landing vertical takeoff rockets in their garage.

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Two of mine are:
Never give up, never surrender!
Just do it!