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I hate to sound this way but, ‘Why me? Why me with dementia?’

Pat Summitt

In the absence of feedback, people will fill in the blanks with a negative. They will assume you don’t care about them or don’t like them.
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Absence Care Negative People Yourself
The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.
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Athlete Equality Person Student
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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Childhood Farm Grow Hard Work Yourself
Teamwork doesn’t come naturally. It must be taught.
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Natural Teaching Team Work
Make Winning an Attitude.
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Attitude One Liner Win
I’ve got a great staff and great support system, and I’m going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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Greatness Myself Neck Support
Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you’re never wrong?
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Accountability Admit Improvement Mistake Wrong Yourself
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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Achievement Support Surender Team Trust Work Yourself
Class is more important than a game.
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Class Game Important
No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.
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Examination Feeling Reality Strength Strong Weakness Yourself
You spend more of the game preparing to win in the final seconds. And that is what separates winners from losers.
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Final Game Loser Preparation Win
Our emphasis is on execution, not winning.
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Execution Win
If I’m not leading by example, then I’m not doing the right thing. And I want to always do the right thing.
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Example Leadership Myself Right
Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.
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Challenge Truth Value Yourself
Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.
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Champion Game Offense Ticket Win
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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Expectation Experience People Rise Seek

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