Glenbrook Middle School - 2009/10 7th Graders

"An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language." ~ Martin Buber

‘Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.’ Mother Teresa

“A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.”

“You can cry, ain't no shame in it.” Will Smith

“Our show proves that some pretty incredible things can happen when people come together.” -Ty Pennington

“Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.” - James A. Lovell

“A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.” -Leo Buscaglia

“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” Saint Augustine

“Business is a combination of war and sport.” By Andre Maurios

”Believe you can and you're halfway there.”-Theodore Roosevelt

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same. Elbert Hubbard

'Long Live Free Germany' -Col. Claus von Stauffenberg

"A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval." - Mark Twain

“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, and then stand firm.

"Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.” –John Lennon

“Action is the real measure of intelligence.” -Napoleon Hill

''Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.”

“Live fast, die old, and make very sure everyone knows you were there.” by Allan Cox

Vivien Theodore Thomas was an African-American surgical technician who developed the procedures used to treat blue baby syndrome in the 1940s.

"When Andre's on, forget it. He does practically everything better than anybody else." - Pete Sampras

"Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle." -Wilma Rudolph

"Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.'" - James Naismith

"Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact." By William James

"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever."

"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game." - Michael Jordan

"Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts." -Dan Gable

“I can except failure. But I cannot except not trying.” - Michael Jordan

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.” Michael Jordan

Rebecca Lobo inspires basketball playing Emma with her commitment and determination to succeed.

"Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play." - Mike Singletary

"I work on my game daily. Because I'm never satisfied, never going to be." -Tracy McGrady

Rose Wilder Lane was a prolific author who helped her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder, become an accomplished writer.

“There are no regrets in life, just lessons.”

"Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing." Oscar Wilde

“I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man's work for less than a man's pay.” – Clara Barton

He said to me, "Sir may I crave your name? I answered "my name is Revere".

"The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot." - Bill Russell.

"Winners never quit and quitters never win"
- Vince Lombardi

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen." - Michael Jordan

"Walter was a Chicago icon long before I arrived there. He was a great man off the field, and his on-the-field accomplishments speak for themselves." -- Chicago Bulls great Michael Jordan

“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.” Helen Keller

“China Chow is a former model and sometime actress ("The Big Hit") who earned reality-TV creed with a guest-judge stint on "America's Next Top Model""