You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

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"Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable."

- John Wooden

Success

"Do the best you can. No one can do more than that."

- John Wooden

Hard Work

"Great leaders are willing to sacrifice their own personal interests for the good of the team."

- John Wooden

Leadership

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

- John Wooden

Leadership

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."

- John Wooden

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"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."

- Maya Angelou

Resilience

"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

Resilience

"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."

- Michael Lopp

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"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

- David Brinkley

Resilience

"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."

- Pete Cashmore

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