Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
~Vince Lombardi
1913-1970
Green Bay Packers Coach and one of the greatest football coaches of all time. ESPN Coach of the 20th Century.
“To the wrongs that need resistance, to the right that needs assistance, to the future in the distance, Give yourselves.”
~Carrie Chapman Catt,
coordinator of the woman suffrage movement and skillful political strategist.
Carrie Chapman Catt revitalized the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and played a leading role in its successful campaign to win voting rights for women.
Born in Ripon, Wisconsin.
“It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”
~Laura Ingalls Wilder
American author who wrote the Little House series of children’s books based on her childhood in a pioneer family. Born in
Pepin County, Wisconsin
“I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.”
Bob Uecker, baseball great, one of the truly funniest men ever to play and be a commentator in sports, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin