I just love it when people say I can’t do it, there’s nothing that makes me feel better, because all my life, people have said that I wasn’t going to make it.

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"My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job."

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"A leader is someone who creates infectious enthusiasm."

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"My son is now an ‘entrepreneur.’ That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job."

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"You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win."

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"“You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.”"

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"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"

- President Boyd K. Packer

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"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."

- Mark Twain

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"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."

- David Ogilvy

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"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."

- Billie Jean King

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"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."

- Michael Jordan

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