Really it comes down to your philosophy. Do you want to play it safe and be good or do you want to take a chance and be great?

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"How ’bout them Cowboys."

- Jimmy Johnson

Inspiration

""The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.""

- Jimmy Johnson

Hard Work

"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra."

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Success

"“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”"

- Jimmy Johnson

Success

"Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man."

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"Do not wait for the perfect time and place to enter, for you are already onstage."

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"If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more."

- Erica Jong

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"If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever."

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