There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
PAT SUMMITTIf I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
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To me, teamwork is a lot like being part of a family. It comes with obligations, entanglements, headaches, and quarrels. But the rewards are worth the cost.
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The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.
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You can’t pick and choose the days that you feel like being responsible. It’s not something that disappears when you’re tired.
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It’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals.
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Teamwork is really a form of trust. It’s what happens when you surrender the mistaken idea that you can go it alone and realize that you won’t achieve your individual goals without the support of your colleagues.
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When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don’t take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, ‘No one can outwork you,’
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The best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a time.
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God doesn’t take things away to be cruel. He takes things away to make room for other things. He takes things away to lighten us. He takes things away so we can fly.
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Discipline yourself, so no one else has to.
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You have to make shots. That’s the bottom line.
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It’s my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out.
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Make Winning an Attitude.
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The greatest strength any human being an have is to recognize his or her own weaknesses. When you identify your weaknesses, you can begin to remedy them – or at least figure out how to work around them.
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Sit up straight, listen and participate.
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Here’s how I’m going to beat you. I’m going to outwork you. That’s it. That’s all there is to it.
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