Champions do not become champions when they win an event, but in the hours, weeks, and months, and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely a demonstration of their championship character.- Michael Jordan

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Nothing will work unless you do. — Maya Angelou

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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people's thinking. ― Steve Jobs

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Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That’s truly about the game, and in some ways that’s about life too.- Michael Jordan

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Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself.

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Don’t dream about success. Get out there and work for it.

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I avoid that bleak first hour of the working day during which my still sluggish senses and body make every chore a penance. I find that in arriving later, the work which I do perform is of a much higher quality. ― John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

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My definition, the definition that I've always believed in, is that esprit de corps means love for one's own military legion - in my case, the United States Marine Corps. It means more than self-preservation, religion, or patriotism. I've also learned that this loyalty to one's corps travels both ways: up and down. -Chesty Puller

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There's a great place to go when you're broke--to work! — Dave Ramsey

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I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.- Muhammad Ali

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