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Jim Tressel Quotes

The hallmark of excellence, the test of greatness, is consistency.

The hallmark of excellence, the test of greatness, is consistency.

Jim Tressel
Greatness, Consistency, Excellence
Jim Tressel (2010). “The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life”, p.100, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Your goals are constantly revised according to circumstance, but your purpose, your real reason for being, that supercedes everything.

Jim Tressel
Real, Goal, Purpose

Success is the inner satisfaction and peace of mind that come from knowing I did the best I was capable of doing for the group.

Jim Tressel
Knowing, Mind, Groups
Jim Tressel (2010). “The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life”, p.5, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Play with heart; Play with passion; Play within yourself; Have fun; Play like a champion.

Jim Tressel
Volleyball, Fun, Passion

Everything that happens-good and bad-should motivate you to be persistent.

Jim Tressel
Should, Good And Bad, Persistent
Jim Tressel (2010). “The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life”, p.136, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

There's two things that you don't listen to: flattery, which can't help you, and abuse, which can't hurt you. You have to look at the facts.

Jim Tressel
Hurt, Two, Abuse
"The October 11th Football Press Luncheon". www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com. October 11, 2005.

I believe that when we write things down, we being the process of activating the fundamentals in our lives.

Jim Tressel
Believe, Writing, Fundamentals
Jim Tressel (2010). “The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life”, p.28, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

I told (my wife) that there's a three-month aftermath that you better be able to handle, because it's real. I think the worst thing we could do is push it away and say, 'Hey, it's not happening. We don't have time for this,' because we worked so hard to get to that point. ... But the reality is (our opponents the next year) are going to come after us.

Jim Tressel
Real, Thinking, Years

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