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Don Yaeger
Don Yaeger
American Journalist
Focus National Sports Time World Year
Related authors: Ambrose Bierce Dave Barry Erma Bombeck Hunter S. Thompson Mignon McLaughlin Walter Cronkite William F. Buckley, Jr. William Lloyd Garrison
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
Best Business Sports Focus Tough Energy Those Tough Decisions Winning Crucial Leaders Most Make Greatest Situations Decisions Turning Who
Camaraderie doesn't happen by accident; developing a strong sense of trust, accountability, and togetherness around team goals requires intentional effort. Don Yaeger
Trust Strong Goals Accident Accountability Sense Strong Sense Developing Around Camaraderie Effort Intentional Happen Requires Togetherness Team
If you’ve built your identity only on your professional accolades and awards, what is going to be left of your legacy when those trophies tarnish and those records get broken? The Great Ones understand the importance of being well-rounded. Don Yaeger
Great Broken Those Great Ones Only Records Trophies Importance Identity Understand Well-Rounded Built Accolades Left Legacy Get Going Being Your Professional Awards
Michael Jordan taught me after our game of one-on-one: A loss is not a failure until you make an excuse. When excuses are no longer an option, you can focus your attention on the job you have to do, and not why it didn’t get done. Don Yaeger
Me Failure You Game Job Focus Our One-On-One Jordan Attention Longer Excuse Excuses Until Make Loss Michael Michael Jordan Option Get Done Taught After Your Why
Most coaches would consider leading a team to an Olympic gold medal a capper for a pretty good year. The same goes for winning an NCAA national championship. Or a FIBA world championship. Mike Krzyzewski, head coach of the Duke Blue Devils and Team USA, led teams to each of these honors... within about 24 months. Don Yaeger
Good World Year National Consider Honors Months Would Pretty Pretty Good About Winning Head Head Coach Leading Devils Most Within Duke National Championship Led Same Goes Blue Gold Gold Medal Coach Mike USA Coaches Team Teams Each Medal World Championship Championship Olympic Olympic Gold Olympic Gold Medal
Emmitt Smith has run past legends, danced with stars and posed for the sculptor crafting his Hall of Fame bust. He's built upon his athletic talents by working hard, seizing opportunities and reaching out to others for advice when he needed it. Don Yaeger
Opportunities Advice Past Stars Others Danced Out Run Athletic Seizing He Talents Reaching Smith Hall Built His Fame Legends Crafting Working Sculptor Working Hard Hard Bust Needed
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
Resume Sometimes Achieve Drive Those Find More Arenas Remembered New Also Greater Accomplishments Than Legends Done Them Themselves Help Even Gaps Things
Dungy, head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, has long believed that he, his staff and players should be as devoted to family time as they are to playing time, as focused on giving to charities as they are to taking the ball away from opponents. Don Yaeger
Time Family Long Giving Focused Charities He Head Head Coach Taking Devoted Ball Opponents His Staff Coach Should Believed Away Players Playing
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
Me Those Kids About Parent More Had Wished Talk Learned Said Done Listened Things
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
Needs Change Money Men Own Community Desperately Those Charities Ability Some Only Concentrating Make How How Much How Much Money African Much Who Bring Careers
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
People Judge Money Valuable Arena He Jordan Since How Dollars Up Very Michael Michael Jordan Shows Brings Millions Millions Of Dollars
We should all strive to be extraordinary, and that starts with a focus on our own capabilities instead of those of our opponents. Don Yaeger
Focus Own Starts Extraordinary Our Those Strive Instead Opponents Capabilities Should
If the players understand and accept that their leader is steering their direction through thoughtful, careful measures, then they will pull together to give the best effort every time. Don Yaeger
Time Best Together Will Leader Every Every Time Thoughtful Give Direction Steering Through Accept Understand Effort Then Measures Players Pull Careful
Magic Johnson was in the seventh year of his Hall of Fame career when thoughts of his basketball afterlife led him to the office of uber-executive Michael Ovitz, co-founder of Creative Artists Agency, Hollywood's most powerful agency. Don Yaeger
Thoughts Creative Year Seventh Magic Magic Johnson Johnson Powerful Most Most Powerful Him Hall His Led Fame Michael Office Artists Afterlife Hollywood Agency Career Basketball
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
Winter Sports World Win Men Single Year Gave Torch Would Magazines Throughout Major Opening Powers Offered American Hockey Lake Predictions Against Newspapers Team Who Medals Publication Olympic Chance Olympics
Companies that understand the purpose and philosophy behind the 'why' are usually astute, high-performing organizations that tap directly into the pulse of those they benefit the most. Don Yaeger
Pulse Benefit Philosophy Those Astute Directly Purpose Most Understand Tap Behind Organizations Companies Why
John Wooden made a name as a coach but also a life as a mentor. Don Yaeger
Life Made John Mentor Name Also Wooden Coach
That's one of the great oddities of baseball: Success is relative. A hitter who fails 70 percent of the time at the plate is a potential member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and many World Championship teams lose more than 70 games during their title-winning seasons. Don Yaeger
Success Time Great World Lose National Relative Member Percent More Potential Fails Hall Oddity Fame Than Hitter Success Is Games Who Many Teams Plate Baseball World Championship Seasons Championship

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