It’s the hard that makes it great

I am sitting here watching one of my all-time favorite movies “A League of their Own.” InLeague of their Own addition to being really funny, it has some great quotes to inspire entrepreneurs and other success-driven people.

  • To achieve the incredible you have to attempt the impossible. Wow – SOOO true! How many times do we let the obstacles keep us from even starting something?
  • There’s no crying in baseball. I love this one, too. It’s OK to have a pity party, but at times you need some tough love. My equivalent to some of the women entrepreneurs I work with is “put your big girl panties on and deal with it!” Same thing although coming from Tom Hanks it does sound a little better.
  • It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, anyone could do it. It’s the hard that makes it great. Bingo. Building a business is hard. Achieving your dreams is hard. But that is what makes the accomplishment all the sweeter. Remember that next time you reach a gut-check or it gets too hard. How bad do you want it?

The added bonus of this movie for me is it was the last movie I watched with my dad a week before he died. The cancer had moved to his brain and he had trouble understanding subtle humor, but the outright funny scenes and one-liners in this movie made him laugh. To this day, it makes me laugh and cry – sometimes at the same time. What a great gift.

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8 Responses to “It’s the hard that makes it great”

  1. Online MBANo Gravatar says:

    Thanks for the post. It was very informative and I will use the ideas in our own MBA program to make it even better.

  2. TraceyNorris35No Gravatar says:

    People in all countries get the mortgage loans in different banks, just because that is easy.

  3. from Paul Clough@Watch Nip Tuck OnlineNo GravatarWatch Nip Tuck OnlineNo Gravatar says:

    my friends tell me about this movie but i didn’t watch this i will watch it as soon as possible with my sweet little family.

  4. from Paul Clough@Watch Nip Tuck OnlineNo GravatarWatch Nip Tuck OnlineNo Gravatar says:

    my friends tell me about this movie but i didn’t watch this i will watch it with my sweet little family as soon as possible
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  5. from Paul Clough@Watch Nip Tuck OnlineNo GravatarWatch Nip Tuck OnlineNo Gravatar says:

    my friends tell me about this movie but i didn’t watch this im trying 2 watch this as soon as possible with my little sweet family

  6. from Sammi @ Zorro CostumesNo GravatarZorro CostumesNo Gravatar says:

    These quotes are sooo true! If you want to achieve something decent you have to go the extra mile…good things in life dont often just fall into our laps…
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  7. from mikan@mlbgearshopNo GravatarmlbgearshopNo Gravatar says:

    Hard things makes us appreciate life. If all things are easy then there wont be a thing we called effort. That movie is interesting. I am planning to watch it as well.

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