B. Championship Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1
Speaker 1
- Absence makes the heart grow fonder
- Actions speak louder than words.
- A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Speaker 2
- All good things must come to an end
- A picture is worth a thousand words
- A watched pot never boils
Speaker 3
- Beggars can’t be choosers
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Better late than never
Speaker 4
- Birds of a feather flock together
- Cleanliness is next to godliness
- Don’t bite the hand that feeds you
Speaker 5
- Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
- Don’t judge a book by its cover
- Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket
Speaker 6
- Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today
- Don’t put too many irons in the fire
- Easy come, easy go
Speaker 7
- Fortune favors the bold
- God helps those who help themselves
- Good things come to those who wait
Round 2
Speaker 1
- “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.” — Vince Lombardi
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” — Vince Lombardi
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” — Wayne Gretzky
Speaker 2
- “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed.” — Michael Jordan
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” — Ernie Banks
- “Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.” — Frank L. Gaines
Speaker 3
- “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” — Billie Jean King
- “It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.” — Evander Holyfield
- Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.” — Arnold Palmer
Speaker 4
- “Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind.” — Jackie Joyner-Kersee
- “The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” — Pelé
- “You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.” — Michael Phelps
Speaker 5
- “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” — Jack Dempsey
- “It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.” — Paul “Bear” Bryant
- “The principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.” — Steve Young
Speaker 6
- “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” — John Wooden
- “What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110% all the time.” — Don Zimmer
- “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth
Speaker 7
- “If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?” — Joe Namath
- “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” — Michael Jordan
- “I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.” — Tom Landry
Round 3
Speaker 1
- “Give me liberty, or give me death!” — Patrick Henry, 1775
- “Liberty must at all hazards be supported.” — John Adams, 1765
- “It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.” — Thomas Paine, 1776
Speaker 2
- “Join, or die.” — Benjamin Franklin, 1754
- “Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.” — John Adams, 1765
- “To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.” — George Washington, 1790
Speaker 3
- “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.” — Attributed to several officers at the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775
- “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” — Benjamin Franklin, 1776
- “I have not yet begun to fight!” — John Paul Jones, 1779
Speaker 4
- “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” — Thomas Paine, 1776
- “No taxation without representation!” — James Otis, 1765
- "I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy." —John Adams
Speaker 5
- “In the beginning, we aimed not at independence.” — Benjamin Franklin, 1775
- “The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more.” — George Washington, 1783
- “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” — Thomas Jefferson, 1776
Speaker 6
- “Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!” — George Washington, 1779
- “These are the times that try men’s souls.” — Thomas Paine, 1776
- “I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” — Nathan Hale, 1776
Speaker 7
- “Where liberty dwells, there is my country.” — Benjamin Franklin, 1783
- “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” — Thomas Jefferson, 1787
- “The sun never shined on a cause of greater worth.” — Thomas Paine, 1776
Elim 1
Speaker 1
- “Know thyself.” — Thales of Miletus;
- “Fortune favors the bold.” — Virgil;
- “The greatest virtue is to do no evil.” — Ptahhotep.
Speaker 2
- “The unexamined life is not worth living.” — Socrates;
- “I came, I saw, I conquered.” — Julius Caesar;
- “To speak the truth is the greatest of all virtues.” — Ptahhotep.
Speaker 3
- Hope is the dream of a waking man.” — Aristotle;
- “Carpe diem (Seize the day).” — Horace;
- “Time, the greatest of all teachers, nurtures the seeds of wisdom.” — Ptahhotep.
Speaker 4
- “Character is destiny.” — Heraclitus;
- “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” — Cicero;
- “Wisdom begins in wonder.” — Socrates.
Speaker 5
- “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” — Aristotle;
- “The die is cast.” — Julius Caesar;
- “While there’s life, there’s hope.” — Cicero.
Speaker 6
- “Education is the best provision for old age.” — Aristotle.
- “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” — Cicero;
- “Nothing in excess.” — Inscription at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.
Speaker 7
- “Well begun is half done.” — Aristotle; “
- In times of war, the law falls silent.” — Cicero;
- “Courage is knowing what not to fear.” — Plato;