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People eyeing you as a potential leader tend to ask three questions: Are you committed? Do you care about me? Can I trust you?

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I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.

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The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

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I don't drink water, haven't drank water in 40 years.

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After landing his invasion forces on the shores of some country, the sixteenth-century Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes would immediately burn his own boats. He was sending his army a message: "We can't turn back. Either we succeed here or we die here." Excuses were not an option.

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I don't play well enough to be allowed to throw my clubs.

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My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.

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If you've been there, no explanation is necessary. If you haven't, none is adequate.

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If you continually ask yourself, "What's important now?", you won't waste time on the trivial.

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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

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To my wife 'I told you I was sick'.

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To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky.

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I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.

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You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

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I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. You’ve got to make a sincere attempt to have the right goals to begin with, then go after them with appropriate effort, and remember that you can’t really achieve anything great without the help of others.

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You can't motivate a group of people or a Team. You have to motivate people individually, and that motivation has to be in an environment in which that person has a goal - something they want to accomplish in their lives.

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Everything ends badly, otherwise it would not end.

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It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them.

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Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

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They say a tie is like kissing your sister. I guess that is better than kissing your brother.

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