Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
JOHN WOODENFriendship is two-sided. It isn’t a friend just because someone’s doing something nice for you. That’s a nice person. There’s friendship when you do for each other. It’s like marriage – it’s two-sided.
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The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
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Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
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Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.
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A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit.
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I think that in any group activity – whether it be business, sports, or family – there has to be leadership or it won’t be successful.
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If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
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I don’t believe in fate.
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The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
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Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
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The most important thing in the world is family and love.
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All of life is peaks and valleys. Don’t let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.
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Be prepared and be honest.
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Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
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If I am through learning, I am through.
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Young people need models, not critics.
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Discipline yourself, and others won’t need to.
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No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
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I am not as good as I ought to be. I am not as good as I want to be. I am not as good as I’m going to be. But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be.
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Passion is momentary; love is enduring.
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Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
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I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.
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I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don’t criticize a teammate. Never be late.
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It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
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Friendship is two-sided. It isn’t a friend just because someone’s doing something nice for you. That’s a nice person. There’s friendship when you do for each other. It’s like marriage – it’s two-sided.
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