re: Has any one ever given you any motivational advice that you will never forget?

Grandpaw: Give 'em Hell

A plumber I worked for in high school: You only need to remember two things to be successful at this job; shite always flows downhill and payday's on Friday.

My college coach (in front of the team): Bear Bryant said that football's a game where men beat the hell outta each other for nearly 60 minutes waging all out war, only to have the outcome determined by a skinny-legged kicker. I happened to play that position.