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Their wordsIf you get too engrossed and involved and concerned in regard to the things over which you have no control, it will adversely affect the things over which you have control.
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Success is peace of mind from knowing you made the effort to do the best you are capable of
Their wordsFrom those things, and one other perhaps, I coined my own definition of success, which is: Peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you're capable.
Their wordsIf you make the effort to do the best of which you're capable, trying to improve the situation that exists for you, I think that's success, and I don't think others can judge that
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Character, what you really are, matters much more than reputation, what you are perceived to be
Their wordsyour reputation is what you're perceived to be; your character is what you really are. And I think that character is much more important than what you are perceived to be.
Their wordsI always tried to make the youngsters feel that they're there to get an education, number one; basketball was second, because it was paying their way
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Industriousness and enthusiasm are the cornerstones of success, with faith and patience at the top
Their wordsAnd I had blocks in the pyramid, and the cornerstones being industriousness and enthusiasm, working hard and enjoying what you're doing, coming up to the apex, according to my definition of success. And right at the top, faith and patience.
Our reading
Their wordsAnd I say to you, in whatever you're doing, you must be patient.
Their wordsThey think all change is progress. And we get a little older -- we sort of let things go. And we forget there is no progress without change.
Their wordsI think our tendency is to hope things will turn out the way we want them to much of the time, but we don't do the things that are necessary to make those things become reality.
Their wordsMy idea is that you can lose when you outscore somebody in a game, and you can win when you're outscored.
Their wordsThat's what really matters: if you make an effort to do the best you can regularly, the results will be about what they should be.
Their wordsBut I wanted the score of a game to be the byproduct of these other things, and not the end itself.
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