The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more that way.

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"To inspire the players, I adapted a quote from Walt Whitman and taped it on their lockers before the first game of the playoffs, against the Miami Heat. 'Henceforth we seek not good fortune, we are ourselves good fortune'."

- Phil Jackson

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"The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team."

- Phil Jackson

Teamwork

"The strength of the team is in each individual member…the strength of each member is the team."

- Phil Jackson

Teamwork

"Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We."

- Phil Jackson

Teamwork

"The strength of the team is each member. The strength of each member is the team."

- Phil Jackson

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"The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck."

- Tony Robbins

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"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."

- Beverly Sills

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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."

- Aristotle

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"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse."

- Florence Nightingale

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"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence."

- Vince Lombardi

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