"The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat."

-- Sam Snead

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“When you keep God in first place, He will take you to places you've never dreamed of”
“I am not a perfect being. . . . I have more faults than I know what to do with. I have a naughty temper. I am stubborn, impatient of hindrances and of stupidity. I have not in the truest sense a Christian spirit. I am naturally a fighter. I am lazy. I put off till tomorrow what I might better do today. I do not feel that I have been compensated for the two senses I lack. I have worked hard for all the senses I have got, and always I beg for more.”
“I'll (Phil Rizzuto) never forget September 6, 1950. I got a letter threatening me, Hank Bauer, Yogi Berra and Johnny Mize. It said if I showed up in uniform against the Red Sox I'd be shot. I turned the letter over to the FBI and told my manager Casey Stengel about it. You know what Casey did? He gave me a different uniform and gave mine to Billy Martin. Can you imagine that! Guess Casey thought it'd be better if Billy got shot.”
“Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values”
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
“Each of us, helplessly and forever, contains the other-male in female, female in male, white in black, and black in white. We are part of each other. Many of my countrymen appear to find this fact exceedingly inconvenient and even unfair, and so, very often, do I. But none of us can do anything about it.”
“My fans and people who know of my character want to see me become more successful.”

Source : "Tila Tequila Gives Love a Shot, MTV-Style". Interview with Joseph Hudak, www.tvguide.com. November 27, 2007.
“Every day, do something that is truly important in moving you toward your goals. You must choose to invest your time in the important steps. When you take charge of your time, you take charge of your life. How you spend your time reflects your priorities.”

Source : Stedman Graham (1998). “You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

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