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Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must first set yourself on fire.

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More quotes by Fred Shero

A man with a dream of pleasure can go forth and conquer a crowd and three. With a new song's measure can trample a kingdom down.

Success requires no explanations, failure presents no alibis.

When you have bacon and eggs for breakfast, the chicken makes a contribution, the pig makes a commitment.

If you keep your opposition on their ass, they don't score goals.

Arrive at the net with the puck and in ill humor.

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We spend our lives fighting to get people very slightly more stupid than ourselves to accept truths that the great men have always known.

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To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.

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Greatness by nature includes a power, but not a will to power.

Martin Buber Between Man and Man (1965)

The weak shows his strength and hides his weaknesses; the magnificent exhibits his weaknesses like ornaments.

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