Top 36 Pat Williams Quotes
#1. Frank went out for baseball and while he wasn't very good, it wasn't a total loss. The coach used him as a pattern to drawn the on-deck circle.
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#2. Money can buy a house, but not a home; a bed, but not rest; food, but not an appetite; medicine, but not health; information, but not wisdom; thrills, but not joy; associates, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; flattery, but not respect.
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#3. Books are health food for your brain and dessert for your soul. Books are one of the few proven sources of mental exercise known to man. Reading is a workout for your mind. If your body needs thirty minutes of exercise a day, so does your thinker.
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#4. We were so bad last year, the cheerleaders stayed home and phoned in the cheers.
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#5. Now here is the good news: while it's true that none of us can know everything, we can all know more tomorrow than we do today
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#6. Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck.
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#8. To embrace God is to embrace change. God does not operate by a predictable paradigm. He works through flux and chaos - and so should we. When crises come, don't panic - innovate! That's the essence of leadership.
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#9. I don't think leaders are born. Well, they're born; everybody's born, but I think leadership can be enhanced, they can be developed, and I think that it's important we do that, particularly with our youngsters.
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#10. What do you have when you have an agent buried up to his neck in sand? Not enough sand.
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#11. This vacation tip: If you see a gas station with a sign that says Clean Rest Rooms, it means one thing
the door is locked and no one can find the key.
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#12. I like how the other guys are stepping up. If we keep this up, then Bell does not have to score 25 points a game for us to win.
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#13. Steal what works, fix what's broke, fake the rest.
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#14. As a leader you have to recognize that it all starts with you: your attitude, your commitment, your caring, your passion.
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#15. Walt was a dreamer, but one who pursued his goals with clarity and an almost ferocious intensity." JACK KINNEY DISNEY ANIMATOR
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#16. If you only read what you agree with, you'll never learn anything. - James D. Hodgson
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#17. The Orlando Magic were so bad last season, the cheerleaders stayed home and phoned in their cheers.
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#18. We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I just can't figure out where else to play.
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#19. The tongue is a powerful tool. And the words we say are never forgotten. Never.
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#20. There was a moral foundation to Walt's movies that people tapped into - a basic moral foundation. In Disney films, you see strong values and role models. You see the importance of being kind to others, of serving others, of finding joy even in adversity.
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#21. Our children, our grandchildren, our students, our young athletes. We need to be pouring leadership principles into them constantly, and teaching, and instructing them how to become good leaders in the future.
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#22. Now more than ever, we need people with the qualities Walt had: optimism, imagination, creativity, leadership, integrity, courage, boldness, perseverance, commitment to excellence, reverence for the past, hope for tomorrow and faith in God. How
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#23. Instead of getting mad or getting even, get creative.
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#24. I read as if time were running out, because technically it is. As I grow older I find I'm increasingly impatient with mediocre entertainments; I want books that will take my breath away and realign my vision - Barbara Kingsolver
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#25. Just watch Snow White. Just visit Disneyland or Walt Disney World in Florida - he was laying the plans for the Florida park while he was on his death bed. People kept telling him his dreams were impossible. Walt knew better. He had wished upon a star.
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#26. When you think about Walt [Disney]'s life, I don't know of anybody on Earth over the last hundred years who has touched as many people as he did. He's touched every nation on Earth.
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#27. To me, the smarter you are, the more you want to learn - Ernie Accorsi
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#28. Well, just to dispel all the myths, Walt [Disney] was not anti-Semitic. He was not racist in any way, shape, or form. He was not frozen when his life ended. He's not in some frozen vault right now waiting to make a big comeback.
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#29. All you have to do is own up to your ignorance honestly, and you will find people who are eager to fill your head with information." WALT DISNEY
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#30. Walt's grandson, Walter Disney Miller, told me, "EPCOT was my grandfather's biggest dream - the city of the future that would point the way to a better world. His dream remains unbuilt.
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#31. There are many ways to study Walt Disney, but I think learning about Walt as a leader probably has had the biggest impact on me.
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#32. Great leaders have a heart for people. They take time for people. They view people as the bottom line, not as a tool to get to the bottom line.
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#34. Isn't that amazing? Here are all of these people, different in so many ways, yet united by their hopes and goals and dreams. This is how the world should be." The
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#35. Not only was he one of history's greatest leaders, Abraham Lincoln was one of history's most devoted readers. Doris Kearns Goodwin writes of Lincoln, "Books became his academy, his college. The printed word united his mind with the great minds of generations past.
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#36. You'll either think yourself worse than someone else, or better than someone else. Neither of these is good. Stop comparing. - Rick Warren
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