"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."

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Source : John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional

John Wooden

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“In the past decade or so, the women's magazines have taken to running home-handyperson articles suggesting that women can learn to fix things just as well as men. These articles are apparently based on the ludicrous assumption that _men_ know how to fix things, when in fact all they know how to do is _look_ at things in a certain squinty-eyed manner, which they learned in Wood Shop; eventually, when enough things in the home are broken, they take a job requiring them to transfer to another home.”
“You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.”
“If I were a player, I would like to be like Busquets.”

Source : "Euro 2012: Spain profile - Sergio Busquets" by Jordi Quixano, www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2012.
“Heart in champions has to do with the depth of our motivation and how well your mind and body react to pressure - that is, being able to do what you do best under maximum pain and stress.”

Source : Bill Russell, Taylor Branch (1980). “Second wind: the memoirs of an opinionated man”
“True' and 'false' are the evasions of people who never want to arrive at a decision. Truth is something without end.”

Source : Robert Musil (2015). “The Man Without Qualities: Picador Classic”, p.891, Pan Macmillan
“If you hit bottom, there's a whole lot of people here to help you up”
“After I hurt the knee, football wasn't nearly as much fun. I was limited. But you make do with what you have. I adjusted some. I was lucky to play as long as I did, with the different kinds of injuries I got. I played with two severed hamstring muscles in my leg late in my career. I could barely run, other than to drop back to pass.”

Source : "Sporting News conversation with Joe Namath: 'The guarantee was basically just an attitude'". Interview with Clifton Brown, www.sportingnews.com. January 27, 2012.
“I think if the doctor is a good doctor and has a patient's best interest in mind then he's not going to allow anything to compromise that patient's care. The bottom line is the doctor has to care for his patient. You have to have that overwhelming sense of welfare for your patient.”

Source : "Dr Charlie Teo, neurosurgeon". "Sunday Profile" with Monica Attard, www.abc.net.au. February 20, 2011.

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