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Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence.

Don Shula

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Don Shula
Age: 90 †
Born: 1930
Born: January 4
Died: 2020
Died: May 4
American Football Coach
American Football Player
Football Coach
Grand River
Ohio
Donald Francis Shula
Strive
Perfection
Success
Settle
Settling
Excellence

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I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time.
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The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.
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Leadership implies movement toward something and convictions provide that direction.
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You know it's only 50 miles from Grand River to Canton, but it took me 67 years to travel that distance.
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I'm fairly confident that if I died tomorrow, Don would find a way to preserve me until the season was over and he had time for a nice funeral.
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Because, they're only thinking about one team when that game's over. Before the game, they're talking about two football teams. When the game's over, there's only one winner.
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Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.
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I don't know how to lead but by example.
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Everything that I have done has always been predicated on doing the best that I can with the ability that God has given me, trying to reach as far as I possibly can. And if I fall a little bit short, then I'm still farther ahead than if I hadn't reached at all.
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Success is the peace of mind that comes when you know you have given everything you have to give to the opportunities that life has presented you.
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When you're there, it's not good enough to be there.
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Some clubs want to win so much they'll do anything to get it. Our approach has been just the opposite. We've tried to do things the right way. And the right way is [abiding by] the rules and regulations ... I may not like all of them, but once they are [official], we play by them.
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I have no magic formula. The only way I know to win is through hard work.
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And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.
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My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team.
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The problem with most leaders today is they don't stand for anything. Leadership implies movement toward something, and convictions provide that direction. If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything
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To be successful, all you have to do is work half-days you can work the first twelve hours or the second twelve hours.
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And then to end up with a total of 347 wins, averaging 10 regular season wins for 33 years and the best winning percentage, and I'm very proud of this, of any professional team from 1970 to 1996.
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The ultimate goal is victory. And if you refuse to work as hard as you possibly can toward that aim, or if you do anything that keeps you from achieving that goal, then you are just cheating yourself.
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Success is not forever, and failure is never final.
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