Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs or the names of state capitals or how much corn Iowa grew last year. Cram them full of non-combustible data, chock them so damned full of “facts” they feel
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“The single most important ingredient after you get the talent is internal leadership. It’s not the coaches as much as one single person or people on the team who set higher standards than that team would normally set for itself.”
― The Captain Class: The Hidden Force Behind the World’s Greatest Teams
― The Captain Class: The Hidden Force Behind the World’s Greatest Teams
“The key, Deschamps said, is to maintain self-control and to know when it’s okay to foul and when you are “too far up the referee’s nose” to get away with it. “It’s something you feel. It’s a feeling. It’s a form of intelligence.”
― The Captain Class: The Hidden Force Behind the World’s Greatest Teams
― The Captain Class: The Hidden Force Behind the World’s Greatest Teams
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