B. Championship Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Absence makes the heart grow fonder
    2. Actions speak louder than words.
    3. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
  2. Speaker 2


    1. All good things must come to an end
    2. A picture is worth a thousand words
    3. A watched pot never boils
  3. Speaker 3


    1. Beggars can’t be choosers
    2. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
    3. Better late than never
  4. Speaker 4


    1. Birds of a feather flock together
    2. Cleanliness is next to godliness
    3. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you
  5. Speaker 5


    1. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
    2. Don’t judge a book by its cover
    3. Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket
  6. Speaker 6


    1. Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today
    2. Don’t put too many irons in the fire
    3. Easy come, easy go
  7. Speaker 7


    1. Fortune favors the bold
    2. God helps those who help themselves
    3. Good things come to those who wait

Round 2

  1. Speaker 1


    1. “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.” — Vince Lombardi
    2. “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” — Vince Lombardi
    3. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” — Wayne Gretzky
  2. Speaker 2


    1. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed.” — Michael Jordan
    2. “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” — Ernie Banks
    3. “Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.” — Frank L. Gaines
  3. Speaker 3


    1. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” — Billie Jean King
    2. “It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.” — Evander Holyfield
    3. Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.” — Arnold Palmer
  4. Speaker 4


    1. “Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind.” — Jackie Joyner-Kersee
    2. “The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” — Pelé
    3. “You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.” — Michael Phelps
  5. Speaker 5


    1. “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” — Jack Dempsey
    2. “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
    3. “The principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.” — Steve Young
  6. Speaker 6


    1. “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” — John Wooden
    2. “What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110% all the time.” — Don Zimmer
    3. “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth
  7. Speaker 7


    1. “If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?” — Joe Namath
    2. “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” — Michael Jordan
    3. “I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.” — Tom Landry

Round 3

  1. Speaker 1


    1. “Give me liberty, or give me death!” — Patrick Henry, 1775
    2. “Liberty must at all hazards be supported.” — John Adams, 1765
    3. “It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.” — Thomas Paine, 1776
  2. Speaker 2


    1. “Join, or die.” — Benjamin Franklin, 1754
    2. “Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.” — John Adams, 1765
    3. “To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.” — George Washington, 1790

     

  3. Speaker 3


    1. “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.” — Attributed to several officers at the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775
    2. “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” — Benjamin Franklin, 1776
    3. “I have not yet begun to fight!” — John Paul Jones, 1779
  4. Speaker 4


    1. “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” — Thomas Paine, 1776
    2. “No taxation without representation!” — James Otis, 1765
    3. "I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy."  —John Adams
  5. Speaker 5


    1. “In the beginning, we aimed not at independence.” — Benjamin Franklin, 1775
    2. “The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more.” — George Washington, 1783
    3. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” — Thomas Jefferson, 1776
  6. Speaker 6


    1. “Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!” — George Washington, 1779
    2. “These are the times that try men’s souls.” — Thomas Paine, 1776
    3. “I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” — Nathan Hale, 1776
  7. Speaker 7


    1. “Where liberty dwells, there is my country.” — Benjamin Franklin, 1783
    2. “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” — Thomas Jefferson, 1787
    3. “The sun never shined on a cause of greater worth.” — Thomas Paine, 1776

Elim 1

  1. Speaker 1


    1. “Know thyself.” — Thales of Miletus;
    2. “Fortune favors the bold.” — Virgil;
    3. “The greatest virtue is to do no evil.” — Ptahhotep.
  2. Speaker 2


    1. “The unexamined life is not worth living.” — Socrates;
    2. “I came, I saw, I conquered.” — Julius Caesar;
    3. “To speak the truth is the greatest of all virtues.” — Ptahhotep.
  3. Speaker 3


    1. Hope is the dream of a waking man.” — Aristotle;
    2. “Carpe diem (Seize the day).” — Horace;
    3. “Time, the greatest of all teachers, nurtures the seeds of wisdom.” — Ptahhotep.
  4. Speaker 4


    1. “Character is destiny.” — Heraclitus;
    2. “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” — Cicero;
    3. “Wisdom begins in wonder.” — Socrates.
  5. Speaker 5


    1. “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” — Aristotle;
    2. “The die is cast.” — Julius Caesar;
    3. “While there’s life, there’s hope.” — Cicero.

     

  6. Speaker 6


    1. “Education is the best provision for old age.” — Aristotle.
    2. “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” — Cicero;
    3. “Nothing in excess.” — Inscription at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.
  7. Speaker 7


    1. “Well begun is half done.” — Aristotle; “
    2. In times of war, the law falls silent.” — Cicero;
    3. “Courage is knowing what not to fear.” — Plato;