Top 8 Quotes by Terry Orlick

The heart of human excellence often begins to beat when you discover a pursuit that absorbs you, frees you, challenges you, or gives you a sense of meaning, joy, or passion.

The heart of human excellence often begins to beat when you discover a pursuit that absorbs you, frees you, challenges you, or gives you a sense of meaning, joy, or passion.

Terry Orlick

Inspirational, Passion, Heart

Orlick, Terry (2015). “In Pursuit of Excellence 5th Edition”, p.26, Human Kinetics

We cannot win in team situations or in relationships by ourselves. It is like trying to pick up a pencil with only one finger...Even if that one finger is extremely strong, it will prove almost impossible to pick up that pencil unless you use your other fingers or some other part of your hand. Teamwork is a bit like using all of your fingers. Each one is unique and contributes something different, but they unite in pursuit of a common goal.

Terry Orlick

Teamwork, Strong, Unique

Nobody hands you excellence on a silver platter. You earn it through planning, preparing, and persisting in the face of all obstacles.

Terry Orlick

Sports, Silver Platter, Hands

Where the mind goes, everything follows.

Terry Orlick

Mind

A refined ability to learn from failure and to grow through losses is necessary to achieve excellence in any human endeavor.

Terry Orlick

Sports, Loss, Excellence

In sport, mental imagery is used primarily to help you get the best out of yourself in training and competition. The developing athletes who make the fastest progress and those who ultimately become their best make extensive use of mental imagery. They use it daily as a means of directing what will happen in training, and as a way of pre-experiencing their best competition performances.

Terry Orlick

Sports, Athlete, Mean

If the people around you are negative and you can't change that, either remove yourself from the situation or view it simply as one obstacle you face in pursuing your own potential. Stay focused on your own goals and make the best of the situation.

Terry Orlick

Views, People, Goal

Terry Orlick (1998). “Embracing Your Potential”, p.51, Human Kinetics