It took me a long time to figure out that real big-time success comes from taking lots of small, ordinary steps in the right direction. And you can't ever take the next step until you take the first.

Deacon Jones

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How are you going to do great things if you are not committed to... by Deacon Jones

How are you going to do great things if you are not committed to your work.

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How can you possibly be sympathetic to every fool on the planet? Just the other day, I heard a man whining about his hopeless love of cross-dressing. Call me unenlightened, but I started to laugh.

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When it comes to your life's work, you can't take yourself too seriously. Even Jesus had an occasional joke with the boys, take walking on water, for instance - but there's a time and place for fun. Jesus never faltered when it came time to tip over the money stalls or to take his hard walk up the mountain.

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If you feel like you want to die, it's time to sit down and make a list of all the things you haven't done yet.

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I reserve the right to change my mind. But once I decide on something, I'm going to need a good reason to switch.

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You're sacking them, you're bagging them. And that's what you're... by Deacon Jones

You're sacking them, you're bagging them. And that's what you're doing with a quarterback.

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Somebody told me when Abe Lincoln was a young man, studying by firelight, he said, "I will work hard. I will prepare myself. And my time will come." And you know, that's exactly what I said about myself and football - What do you think? Were Abe and I both just lucky ducks?

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First, you've got to get the job. "Yeah, I can do it," I would say. When I was a kid, I could do anything. Lucky nobody ever asked me if I could fly a jet plane.

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I'm probably the toughest (expletive) here. Ain't no by Deacon Jones

I'm probably the toughest (expletive) here. Ain't no

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The problem a guy who lies all the time faces is he never can tell when anybody else is telling the truth.

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I was the originator of smack. Some guys rattle with smack; with other guys it rolls right off their shoulders like nothing.

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A nation that spends billions to fix international problems will not have much left over for the victims of tornadoes in Oklahoma.

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Roses are red, violets are blue, you wanna keep Dick Butkus the f... by Deacon Jones

Roses are red, violets are blue, you wanna keep Dick Butkus the fuck away from you.....