Bud Wilkinson Quotes

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• If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.
• The quality of your play never counts as much as the quality of your effort.
• You can motivate players better with kind words than you can with a whip.
• Morale and attitude are the fundamentals to success.
• Play against the Game, not your opponent.
• If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price.
• Every game is an opportunity to measure yourself against your own potential.
• Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over an extended period…
• The man who tried his best and failed is superior to the man who never tried.
• We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?
• Football, in its purest form, remains a physical fight. As in any fight, if you don't want to fight, it's impossible to win.
• Confidence is the invisible cement that binds a team together.

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