Heisman Trophy Winners Quotes & Sayings

Keep calm in the midst of the storms of life. Stay focus on the ultimate prize. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be who you are and do that well. — Saint Francis De Sales

Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy. Only when you're empty you're at standstill and balance. — Kahlil Gibran

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all. — Elizabeth I

And from Michael - as well as Damon, Will, and Kai - I learned to breathe fire. I learned to walk as if the path were carved for me and me alone, and to treat the world as if it should know I was coming. — Penelope Douglas

The medicine increases the disease. — Virgil

Men fear being used; women fear being used up. — Jo Coudert

You learned in school that you have pencils and paper only because the trees gave themselves in unconditional sacrifice. — Edwidge Danticat

When you acknowledge the integrity of your solitude, and settle into its mystery, your relationships with others take on a new warmth, adventure and wonder. — John O'Donohue

Food is something I am going to have to face at least three times a day for the rest of my life. And I am not perfect. But one really bad day does not mean that I am hopeless and back at square one with my eating disorder. Olympic ice skaters fall in their quest for the gold. Heisman Trophy winners throw interceptions. Professional singers forget the words. And people with eating disorders sometimes slip back into an old pattern. But all of these individuals just pick themselves back up and do the next right thing. The ice skater makes the next jump. The football player throws the next pass. The singer finishes the song. And I am going to eat breakfast. — Jenni Schaefer

My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was. — Larry Bird