A professional gives everything precisely when things are most difficult.

Pitching is my job.

Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.

-- The British general who defeated Napoleon at Water

In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.

-- The 'Desert Fox' whose North African campaigns made him the most respected German general of World War II among both allies and enemies

In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to recall.

-- Miguel de Cervantes

Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

-- Anton Chekhov

I could have run all day.

-- Born in Jato, Ethiopia in 1932, Abebe Bikila ran the 1960 Rome Olympic marathon barefoot and won - then defended his title wearing shoes at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. He heralded the era of African distance running dominance. From Imperial Guard to Olympic champion to paraplegic after a car accident, his

You need to ride your bike uphill when you don't want to ride uphill.

-- Born in Piedmont, Italy in 1919, Fausto Coppi