Transcript Top 21 Winning Quotes - Mastering Technical Sales

John Care
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“Well , we knocked the
bastard off”
Sir Edmund Hillary – 1952
Just after ascending Everest.
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“Drink a little wine
before dinner and
you’ll play for years”
Ty Cobb to Stan Musial
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“Being responsible
sometimes means
pissing people off”
General Colin Powell
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“Many are called , but
few get up”
Oliver Herford (1863-1935)
Poet & Illustrator
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“I prayed for 20
years but received
no answer until I
prayed with my
legs.”
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“If anything goes bad, I did it. If
anything goes really good, you did
it. That’s all it takes to get people
to win football games for you.”
Paul “Bear” Bryant
Winner of 323 games
Only one losing season out of 38
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“Fast is fine, but
accuracy is everything”
Wyatt Earp
US Marshal
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“It is not the strongest of
the species that survive,
nor the most intelligent,
but the one most
responsive to change.”
Charles Darwin
Scientist & Naturalist
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“You tried your best, and
you failed miserably.
The lesson is, don’t
try.”
Homer Simpson
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“Most games are won,
not lost.”
Casey Stengal
NY Yankees Manager
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“No one has yet calculated
how many imaginary
triumphs are silently
celebrated by people each
year to keep up their
courage”
Atheneus
Greek Writer
circa AD 200
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“Probe with bayonets. If you
encounter steel, withdraw.
If you encounter mush,
continue.”
Vladimir Lenin
Russian Leader
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“First they ignore you, then
they laugh at you, then
they fight you, then you
win.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Pacifist & Leader
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“If a tie is like kissing your
sister, losing is like kissing
your grandmother with her
teeth out”
George Brett
Baseball Player – Hall of Fame
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“My formula for success is
rise early, work late, and
strike oil.”
J. Paul Getty
Industrialist & Billionaire.
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“Coaches who outline plays
on a blackboard are a
dime a dozen. The ones
who win get inside their
players and motivate.”
Vince Lombardi
NFL Coach
Winner – Superbowl I & II .
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“I feel sorry for someone
who has to win at
everything.”
Snoopy
Written by Charles Schultz.
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“If A equals success, then
the formula is A=X+Y+Z,
where X is work, Y is
play and Z is keep your
mouth shut.”
Albert Einstein
Scientist & Philosopher
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“Nothing gives one person
so much advantage over
another as to remain
always cool and unruffled
under all circumstances.”
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father , 3rd President
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“We’re not just going to shoot the sons-of-bitches, we’re
going to rip out their living goddamned guts and use
them to grease the treads of our tanks… We are
advancing constantly, and we are not interested in
holding onto anything except the enemy’s balls. We
are going to twist his balls and kick the living sh*t
out of him.”
General George Patton
Addressing his troops shortly before D-Day.
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“Retreat, hell! We just
got here.”
Captain Lloyd Williams
USMC
1st day of battle for Belleau Wood , WW 1
(Williams was killed , the battle was won)
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