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" Earn the right to be proud and confident. "
John Wooden
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" I think you have to be what you are. Don't try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times. "
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" If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes. "
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