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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;