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Play against the Game, not your opponent.


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Every game is an opportunity to measure yourself against your own potential.

Every game is an opportunity to measure yourself against your own potential.



If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.

If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.



The man who tried his best and failed is superior to the man who never tried.

The man who tried his best and failed is superior to the man who never tried.



If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price.

If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price.



You can motivate players better with kind words than you can with a whip.

You can motivate players better with kind words than you can with a whip.



Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over an extended period of time.

Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over an extended period of time.



Football, in its purest form, remains a physical fight. As in any fight, if you don't want to fight, it's impossible to win.

Football, in its purest form, remains a physical fight. As in any fight, if you don't want to fight, it's impossible to win.



We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?

We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?



Confidence is the invisible cement that binds a team together.

Confidence is the invisible cement that binds a team together.



Morale and attitude are the fundamentals to success.

Morale and attitude are the fundamentals to success.





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The birth of new knowledge begins with an admission of old ignorance.

The birth of new knowledge begins with an admission of old ignorance.



There is nothing called as truth, it's just your new perception

There is nothing called as truth, it's just your new perception



If you want to know the feeling [of labor pain], just take your bottom lip and pull it over your head.

If you want to know the feeling [of labor pain], just take your bottom lip and pull it over your head.



I had my shortcomings - crazy hair, braces, bad skin and all that stuff. I went through it all.

I had my shortcomings - crazy hair, braces, bad skin and all that stuff. I went through it all.



Friendship maketh daylight in the understanding, out of darkness and confusion of thoughts.

Friendship maketh daylight in the understanding, out of darkness and confusion of thoughts.



I know what "nothing" means, and keep on playing.

I know what "nothing" means, and keep on playing.



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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.



I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail.

I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail.



I, to you, am lost in the gorgeous errors of flesh.

I, to you, am lost in the gorgeous errors of flesh.




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