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The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.

William Arthur Ward

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William Arthur Ward
Age: 72 †
Born: 1921
Born: December 17
Died: 1994
Died: March 30
Writer
Louisiana
United States
Basketball
Discipline
Cost
Mediocrity
Leadership
Disappointment
Excellence
Price
Motivation

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