Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
LOU HOLTZWe had no refrigerator, no shower or tub, and no privacy. My parents shared the bedroom with my sister and me.
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Everybody needs someone to love. Everybody needs something to hope for, and, of course, everybody needs someone to believe in.
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You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.
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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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Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
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I have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been for my spending summers on the golf course.
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Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.
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This was due to the fact that they encouraged you always to make sure that God is the focus of your life, and they didn’t allow you to do anything except to the very best of your ability.
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An agent won’t help you get drafted higher, won’t make you win more games, and won’t make you faster or stronger.
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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
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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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Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.
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In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
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Our cellar home had a kitchen and a combination bedroom and half bath, which meant we had a sink next to the bed.
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Each guy is charged with upholding his end, nothing more. In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely.
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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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