“A long list. From getting cut from the high school basketball team, to getting fired from jobs, getting credit cards rejected and cut up. Rejection has only been a distraction, not a roadblock. “Every no gets me closer to a yes,” was the saying I used to use.” LongUseSchoolJobsUsedCuttingTeamBasketballHigh SchoolCreditListsCardsRejectionDistractionRejectedCredit CardBasketball TeamRoadblockGetting Fired Author:Mark Cuban
“You always give credit where credit is due - to high school coaches, college coaches - but my dad, the foundation that he built with me, is where all of this came from. The speed, the determination, the mindset, just the natural belief that you can do anything you put your mind to, it all comes from my dad.” GivingMindSchoolBeliefCan DoNaturalCollegeDadHigh SchoolBuiltDeterminationFoundationMy DadCreditMindsetDuesSpeedCoaches Author:Robert Griffin III
“I graduated from high school in 1963. There were no computers, cell phones, Internet, credit cards, cassette tapes or cable TV.” SchoolTvsInternetComputerHigh SchoolPhonesCreditCardsCellsTapeCablesCell PhoneCredit CardCassettesCable TvCassette Tapes Author:Jeffrey Gitomer
“Nothing teaches great writing like the very best books do. Yet, good teachers often help students cross that bridge, and I have to say that I had a few extraordinary English teachers in high school whom I still credit for their guidance.” WritingStillsBookHelpingSchoolTeachTeacherStudentsHigh SchoolCrossesExtraordinaryCreditBridgesGuidanceGood TeacherGreat WritingEnglish Teacher Author:Julia Glass
“When I got out of high school I hit the road. I lived like a gypsy. Those were the best times of my life. I was living from club to club not knowing where my next meal was coming from. No credit cards, no apartment, no bills, no managers, just on the road with a truck and five guys.” SchoolGuyNextKnowingFiveHigh SchoolBillsClubsCreditCardsManagersMealsNot KnowingApartmentTruckCredit CardGypsyBest TimesTime Of My LifeBest Time Of My Life Author:Rex Smith
“By the end of the semester [in the high school] I was the only one up in front of the class everyday. Actually I could have passed the class four times over because every time you got in front of the class you got extra credit.That was the only class I got an A in and it was the funniest report card because it read Speech - A but everything else was just D, D, D, D.” EndsSchoolClassFourFrontsSpeechHigh SchoolEverydayCreditCardsExtrasReportsSemesterReport Cards Author:Gabriel Iglesias