SIXTEEN STEPS TO BECOMING A WINNER

1. Never underestimate your opponent, but at the      same time, don’t let them become your focus.
2. Work on your weaknesses until they improve to become your strong points.
3. Remember that a great effort is usually the result of a great attitude.
4. Dedicate yourself to a mighty purpose.
5. Win with humility, lose with grace.
6. Ignore those who discourage you.
7. Work to improve your moral and spiritual strengths as well as your physical ones.
8. Remember that how you conduct yourself OFF the field is every bit as important as how you conduct yourself ON the field. 
9. Talent is God-given—be humble.  Fame is man-given—be thankful.  Conceit is self-given—be careful.
10. Don’t ask to be deprived of tension and discipline—these are the tools that shape success.
11. Do what has to be done, when it has to be done and as well as it can be done.
12. Remember that when you are not working to improve, your competition is.
13. ALWAYS give your best.
14. Practice like a champion.
15. Dance like a champion.
16. Live like a champion.