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“Coming out of BYU's football spring, 1999, practice: We might have a chance to be pretty good.”

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LaVell Edwards was an American football coach born on October 11, 1930, and passed away on December 29, 2016. He is renowned in the football world for his unique tactics and leadership style. more

“It has been our experience that if a young man decides to go on a mission, he can not only play well when he returns, he will often play better. If an athlete could play well before he went on a mission, he will definitely play well when he returns; and, if an athlete could not play well before his mission, he probably won't play well when he returns. However, his chances of playing well are perhaps better if he goes because he will return with . . . better work habits, and a better knowledge of what it takes to be successful.”

Ifs Men Wells Has Beens Play Young Chance Knowledge Successful Goes On Return Habit Athlete Missions Young Man Being Successful Can Not Work Habits

Author:LaVell Edwards

“Have more confidence in yourself than allowing your decisions to happen just by chance.”

Happens Justice Chance Decision Allowing Confidence In Yourself

Author:L. Tom Perry

“Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.”

Two Opportunity Given Chance Pieces Feet Advice Missing Down And Good Advice Courtiers

Author:King Edward VIII

“That power Which erring men call Chance.”

Men Chance Erring

Author:John Milton

“Chaos umpire sits And by decision more embroils the fray by which he reigns: next him high arbiter Chance governs all.”

Next Chance Decision Mathematics Chaos Math Mathematical Reign Umpires Fray Arbiter

Author:John Milton

“Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell, And poppy, or charms, can make us sleep as well, And better than thy stroke. Why swell'st thou then?”

Men Wells Art War Chance Sleep Fate Kings Slave Poison Charm Desperate Sickness Strokes Poppies

Book:The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life

Source: The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life

“I thought it was too wacky for the general public. On his original opinion of his movie's chances for success, 1997.”

Success Chance Opinion Originals General Public Wacky

Author:George Lucas

“Consider carefully before you say a hard word to a man, but never let a chance to say a good one go by. Praise judiciously bestowed is money invested.”

Men Hard Chance Praise Hard Words

Book:Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son

Source: Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son

“These are the saddest of possible words, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Trio of Bear Cubs fleeter than birds, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble, Making a Giant hit into a double, Words that are weighty with nothing but trouble, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. This brief poem, immortalized the Chicago Cubs' double-play combination: Shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance.”

Firsts Play Chance Trouble Bears Bird Combination Giants Chicago Bubbles Frank Saddest Cubs Trios Shortstops Chicago Cubs

Author:Franklin P. Adams

“When Harel wished to put a joke or witticism into circulation, he was in the habit of connecting it with some celebrated name, on the chance of reclaiming it if it took. Thus he assigned to Talleyrand, in the "Nain Jaune," the phrase, "Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts."”

Ifs Men Names Given Chance Habit Speech Jokes Phrases Disguise Connecting Circulation

Author:Louis Edouard Fournier

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