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A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.

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

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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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It's a better view if you're standing up than if you're laying down.

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In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.

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God looks after children, animals and idiots.

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You can pay people to perform, but you can't pay people to excel.

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You must have dreams and goals if you are ever going to achieve anything in this world.

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You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

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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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What's important now? - To evaluate the past, focus on the future, and tell you what you have to do in the present

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Don't tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the ship in.

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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.

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Never settle for second when first is available

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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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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach. Why was something successful? What makes it work? I just try to use my expertise and whatever insight I have to the game.

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It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.

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

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See, winners embrace hard work.

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