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16 Quotes to Get You Ready for the Show Ring

A little motivation for the long days in the show barn.

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16 Quotes to Get You Ready for the Show Ring
Michelle Helm

We all have our before show routine. Some of us listen to that one song that pumps us up, others say a prayer, and some just get in the ring and go. Here are 16 quotes to help you get pumped for show day.

1. Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray. - Rumi


2. Two things define you: you patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything. - Imam Ali

3. Nerves are good. Sweaty palms and queasy stomachs mean you care. - Unknown

4. We lose ourselves in the things we love. We find ourselves their too. - Kristen Martz

5. Courage is simply fear that has said its prayers. - Joyce Meyer

6. You have a choice, you can either throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off your face. - Unknown

7. Its the will to win if you can, and to live with it if you cant. - Secretariat

8. Put others first and that's where you'll finish. - Chris Boleman

9. Opportunity is often missed because it is disguised in overalls and looks like hard work. - Thomas Edison

10. Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity. - Seneca

11. When life puts you in tough situations, don't say why me say try me. - Unknown

12. Champions rarely talk, they just perform and the world talks around them. - Unknown

13. Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn't what you get for it but what you become from it. - Dr. Steve Maraboli

14. The best place to watch the grand drive is from the ring. - Unknown

15. The person who said winning isn't everything never won anything. - Mia Hamm

16. Don't be afraid to go after what you want to do, and what you want to be. But don't be afraid to be willing to pay the price. - Lane Frost

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