“Up until the time I was 14 years old, I was sure that I was going to be a big-league baseball player. But that dream came to a rude awakening when I got cut from my high school baseball team.”
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“Dare to take chances, lest you leave your talent buried in the ground.”
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“It’s not enough to do good things. You have to let people know what you’re doing.”