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In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be.

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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more per year, I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn't even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.

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You always have to prepare for the obstacles that are going to come. Consequently, when they do come, it doesn't affect you mentally near as much as when you're unprepared for them.

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If you don't demand that your people maintain. High performances to remain on your team, Why should they be proud of the association?

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Remember that adversity presents us with numerous possibilities for success, if we are just willing to see them.

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For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.

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Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God's word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin - and it's gonna happen - confession puts us back on the field.

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If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.

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I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known.

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You build a successful life a day at a time.

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Actually, all I ever wanted to be was the best in my field.

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

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Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.

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No, but you can see it from here.

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Broadcasting is easy; you just talk until you think of something to say.

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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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At age nine, I got a paper route. Sixty-six papers had to be delivered to sixty-six families every day. I also had to collect thirty cents a week from each customer. I owed the paper twenty cents per customer per week, and got to keep the rest. When I didn't collect, the balance came out of my profit. My average income was six dollars a week.

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Don't run if you can walk. Don't walk if you can stand. Don't stand if you can sit. Don't sit if you can lie down.

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We aren't where we want to be; we aren't where we ought to be; but thank goodness we aren't where we used to be.

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If you want to get a deal, negotiate with the teams yourself. Say, "I want this much, and no less, but I'll show up to camp on time." It doesn't seem that hard to me.

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