“What you do in practice is going to determine your level of success. I used to tell my players, 'You have to give 100 percent every day. Whatever you don't give, you can't make up for tomorrow. If you give only 75 percent today, you can't give 125 percent tomorrow to make up for it.'” IfsGivingMotivationalTodayUsedLevelsPracticePlayerTomorrowPercentDetermineGive 100 Percent Author:John Wooden
“Managers are never 100 percent in control. You're at the mercy of the players. When you're a player, you're driving. I'm the navigator. I hardly ever think about driving anymore, unless there's two out in the bottom of the ninth.” ThinkingTwoPlayerPercentMercyBottomDrivingManagersNavigators Author:Dusty Baker
“Some representatives of monopolistic capitalism, sensing this evil in their system, have tried to silence criticism by pointing to the diffused ownership in the great corporations. They advertise, "No one owns more than 4 percent of the stock of this great company." Or they print lists of stockholders, showing that these include farmers, schoolteachers, baseball players, taxi drivers, and even babies.” EvilPoliticsSilenceCompanyEconomyPlayerBabyPercentCapitalismCriticismBaseballListsCorporationsLiberalismPrintDriversFarmersRepresentativesOwnershipPointingTaxiBaseball PlayerGreat CompanySensing Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“In a nation committed to better living through chemistry - where Viagra-enabled men pursue silicone-contoured women - the national pastime has a problem of illicit chemical enhancement. Steroids threaten the health of the 5 percent to 7 percent of players proved, by a mild regime of scheduled tests, to be using them. Steroids also endanger emulative young people. Further, steroids subvert what baseball is selling - fair competition. And they strike at the pleasure of engagement with America's team sport with the longest history.” PeopleMenProblemAmericaYoungNationsSportsPleasurePlayerTeamPercentFairsTestsBaseballCompetitionCommittedStrikesSellingPursueChemistryChemicalsEngagementRegimesPastimeSports TeamSteroidEnhancementViagra Book:One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation Source: One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation
“When you're in a start-up, the first ten people will determine whether the company succeeds or not. Each is 10 percent of the company. So why wouldn't you take as much time as necessary to find all the A players? If three were not so great, why would you want a company where 30 percent of your people are not so great? A small company depends on great people much more than a big company does.” PeopleIfsWantFirstsDoeBigsThreeCompanyPlayerDependsSucceedTenPercentDetermineGreat PeopleBig Companies Author:Steve Jobs
“The big thing is that we have five percent or less of the hardcore players actively entertaining the other ninety-five percent.” BigsFivePlayerPercentEntertainingBig ThingsNinetyHardcore Author:Will Wright
“Managing is not running, hitting, or stealing. Managing is getting your players to put out one hundred percent year after year.” YearsRunningPlayerPercentHundredStealingHitting Author:Sparky Anderson
“I often think about my Music Man guitars being 100 million percent tailored to my needs as a player and how lucky I am.” ThinkingMenNeedsMillionsPlayerLuckyPercentGuitarTailoredMusic Man Author:John Petrucci