Profit isn't and shouldn't be the mission of business. The mission of business is to help people. To help your customers, your co-workers, your employees, and your partners. Success is not a number - it's not X dollars or Y customers - it's a measurement of VALUE.

Fran Tarkenton

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Winning means being unafraid to lose. by Fran Tarkenton

Winning means being unafraid to lose.

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It's perfectly okay to want to quit - as long as you don't. by Fran Tarkenton

It's perfectly okay to want to quit - as long as you don't.

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The failure to be perfect does not mean you are not a success; it is giving your best that helps you to understand the joy of receiving.

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Leadership must be demonstrated, not announced. by Fran Tarkenton

Leadership must be demonstrated, not announced.

Cultivate your desire for success to be greater than the fear of failure; Failure is merely a pitstop between where you stand and success. Failure allows you to learn the fastest; Failure inspires winners and defeats losers.

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Success, in my view, is the willingness to strive for something you really want. The person not reaching the top is no less a success than the one who achieved it, if they both sweated blood, sweat and tears and overcame obstacles and fears. The failure to be perfect does not mean you're not a success.

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If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win... by Fran Tarkenton

If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.

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You can only learn by opening yourself up to engage with different sources of information. How can you learn something if you never see it, read it, or hear it?

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In sports, teams win and individuals don't. by Fran Tarkenton

In sports, teams win and individuals don't.

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Success, in my view, is the willingness to strive for something y... by Fran Tarkenton

Success, in my view, is the willingness to strive for something you really want

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I discovered that the more I hustled, the luckier I seemed to get... by Fran Tarkenton

I discovered that the more I hustled, the luckier I seemed to get.

What's so wonderful about business is that every time I start thinking I'm special, I get knocked on my ass.

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The pro athlete is a sad tale. He signs a big contract and thinks he's set for life. I didn't think I was set for life, and I don't now. As athletes, we are important, celebrities, in demand and rich. Then we are out of the game and we are not important, not celebrities, not in demand and not rich.

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If it's not fun, you are not doing it right. by Fran Tarkenton

If it's not fun, you are not doing it right.

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Ignoring facts does not make them go away. by Fran Tarkenton

Ignoring facts does not make them go away.

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If you wait for the right time or the good times to start a busin... by Fran Tarkenton

If you wait for the right time or the good times to start a business, you wait all your life.

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Television isn't my career. Business is. by Fran Tarkenton

Television isn't my career. Business is.

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Fear causes people to draw back from situations. It brings on mediocrity, it dulls creativity, it sets one up to be a loser in life.

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Quarterbacks need to make their team better. If it's a bad team, they can even make a bad team better.

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None of us really pushes hard enough. People always talk about playing over your head when you are up against someone really good. Maybe you don't play over your head at all. Maybe it's just potential you never knew you had.

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