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In sports and in business, the greatest leaders are those who make the best decisions in the most crucial of situations. They are the ones who focus their energy on turning tough decisions into winning decisions.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Best Business Crucial Decisions Energy Focus Greatest Leaders Make Most Situations Sports Those Tough Tough Decisions Turning Who Winning

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As the Olympic torch neared Lake Placid, N.Y., in 1980, signaling the opening of that year's Winter Olympics, newspapers and magazines throughout the world offered predictions on who would win medals in the major sports. Not a single publication gave the American men's hockey team a chance against the world powers.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Against American Chance Gave Hockey Lake Magazines Major Medals Men Newspapers Offered Olympic Olympics Opening Powers Predictions Publication Single Sports Team Throughout Torch Who Win Winter World Would Year

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Decisions are the frequent fabric of our daily design.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Daily Decisions Design Fabric Frequent Our

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Jamie Moyer was in his third year as a major league pitcher and was, by his own admission, still wide-eyed, watching everything going on around him and soaking it in. He paid particular attention to older teammates on his Chicago Cubs squad, hoping to emulate habits that had allowed those veterans to extend their careers.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Admission Allowed Around Attention Careers Chicago Cubs Emulate Everything Extend Going Habits Had He Him His Hoping Jamie League Major Major League Older Own Paid Particular Pitcher Squad Still Teammates Third Those Veterans Watching Year

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Sometimes legends find themselves remembered more for what they have not done than for their accomplishments. But those resume gaps can also help drive them to achieve even greater things in new arenas.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Accomplishments Achieve Also Arenas Done Drive Even Find Gaps Greater Help Legends More New Remembered Resume Sometimes Than Them Themselves Things Those

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In the end, leadership comes down to consistency and strong, confident action upon which the team can rely - and this doesn't mean imposing a bunch of rules.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Action Bunch Confident Consistency Down End Imposing In The End Leadership Mean Rely Rules Strong Team Which

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With a tennis racket strapped tightly to her hiking pack, Martina Navratilova began her ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro. The tennis legend had visions of celebrating at the summit of Africa's highest peak by hitting a couple balls to see how far they might fly in the thin air at 19,341 feet.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Africa Air Ascent Balls Began Celebrating Couple Far Feet Fly Had Her Highest Hiking Hitting How How Far Legend Might Mount Pack Peak Racket See Summit Tennis Thin Tightly Visions

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I listened to my kids talk about me as a parent, and I learned about things they wished I'd done and said. And I wished that I had done more of those things.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: About Done Had Kids Learned Listened Me More Parent Said Talk Things Those Wished

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Those who have the ability as African men to bring a change in a community that so desperately needs it are concentrating only on their own careers, some charities, and how much money they can make.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Ability African Bring Careers Change Charities Community Concentrating Desperately How How Much How Much Money Make Men Money Much Needs Only Own Some Those Who

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Michael Jordan brings millions of dollars when he shows up in an arena. Since money is how we judge people, he's very valuable.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Arena Brings Dollars He How Jordan Judge Michael Michael Jordan Millions Millions Of Dollars Money People Shows Since Up Valuable Very

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: Unknown

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