"It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you."
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"I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it."
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"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent."
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"Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom."
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"The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison."
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"Teammates are there for each other even after the noise of the crowd is gone."
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"I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity... to see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that."
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"I think jazz is a beautiful, democratic music. It encourages musicians with very strong, and many times, very different points of view to work together as a team while, at the same time, giving them the space to express their individuality. It's a very important art form and can be used as a model for different cultures to work together."
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"Synergy does not mean giving up what we want. It means joining to co-create so each is able to receive ever more of what attracts us through joining rather than opposing."
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"The old lessons (work, self-discipline, sacrifice, teamwork, fighting to achieve) aren't being taught by many people other than football coaches these days. The football coach has a captive audience and can teach these lessons because the communication lines between himself and his players are more wide open than between kids and parents. We better teach these lessons or else the country's future population will be made up of a majority of crooks, drug addicts, or people on relief."
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"Play for the name on the front of the shirt, and they will remember the name on the back"
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"How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?"
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"All coaching is, is taking a player where he can't take himself."
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"Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership."
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"Collaboration, it turns out, is not a gift from the gods but a skill that requires effort and practice."
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"The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation."
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"If two people agree, one of them is unnecessary."
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"In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory."
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"No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself."
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"Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision."
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