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The how-to is all about day in, day out finding a way to feed the monster, the drive that lives inside.

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Pete Carroll
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 15
American Football Player
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San Francisco County
California
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Troy Polamalu was a fascinating player, and that made him.
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I'm telling you what I'm telling you. I will go wherever I have to go, listen to whoever I have to listen to. Whether it's a player or it's a coach. Whether it's a corporate leader, a political leader or it's the guy sitting on the corner. It doesn't matter to me I'm on, I'll go wherever.
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My dad was a good competitor. I know he'd think I was a little off the charts.
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I'm talking about: Are we competing today, every minute, in everything we do in practice. Are we letting loose and daring to be great here and now? And can we sustain that? And repeat it. Trophies are great, but we're trying to win forever.
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Regardless of what other stigmas may be involved, I think we have to do this because the world of medicine is trying to do the exact same thing and figure it out and they're coming to some conclusions.
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The thing that always strikes me is how much power one person has. Everybody has so much power to help and to change if they just exercise it and get after it.
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Relentless pursuit to find a competitive edge.
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I will always be interested in the truth, yeah.
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