I was kinda scared. I thought Detroit was gonna take me. I would’ve asked them for so much money they would have to put me on layaway.

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"Self-belief is a core quality for those aspiring to take on management roles. Leading others starts with leading yourself and having unwavering confidence in your vision and abilities."

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"If your dream ain't bigger than you, there's a problem with your dream."

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Ambition

"I will not answer any questions unless you address me, 'Coach Prime.'"

- Deion Sanders

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"If you look good, you feel good, If you feel good, you play good, If you play good, they pay good."

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"If your dream ain’t bigger than you, there’s a problem with your dream."

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"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."

- Epicurus

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"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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"The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at."

- Jesse Owens

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"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."

- Frederick Douglass

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