Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe challenge of every team is to build a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another because the question is usually not how well each person performs, but how well they work together.
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Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.
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Live as if you were living already for the second time.
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The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.
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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process.
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Second place is meaningless. You can’t always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been – that you were never beaten – that time just ran out on you.
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If you really want something , you can have it if you’re willing to pay the price. And the price means you have to work better and harder than the next guy.
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Some need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.
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One must not hesitate to innovate and change with the times. The leader who stands still is not progressing, and he will not remain a leader for long.
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If you can’t get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you’re in the wrong business.
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Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
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Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.
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It’s easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you’re a winner, when you’re number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you’re not a winner.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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Most important of all, to be successful in life demands that a man make a personal commitment to excellence and to victory, even though the ultimate victory can never be completely won.
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The darkest moments of our lives are not to be buried and forgotten, rather they are a memory to be called upon for inspiration to remind us of the unrelenting human spirit and our capacity to overcome the intolerable.
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The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.
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It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever – the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.
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Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.
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One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be the dominating thought in one’s mind.
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Success is not a sometimes thing. In other words, you don’t do what is right once in awhile, but all the time. Success is a habit. Winning is a habit.
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The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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One’s desire, not ability, determines success.
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Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
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The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.
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