Perfection is what you are striving for, but perfection is an impossibility. However, striving for perfection is not an impossibility. Do the best yo… - John Wooden

A player who is working hard and productively for the group shouldn’t receive the same treatment as someone who is offering less. And while each and every person on your team fills a role and performs a function, some of those roles and functions are filled by people much harder to replace than others. It would be naïve to suggest that a superstar in your organization — a top producer — won’t receive some accommodations not afforded others. This is not a double standard but rather a fact of life. Those small accommodations, however, must not apply in areas of your basic principles and values or they will soon be replaced by the perception that favoritism and special treatment are the norm.

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail . . . Never mistake activity for achievement . .

To my way of thinking, when you give your total effort — everything you have — the score can never make you a loser. And when you do less, it can’t somehow magically turn you into a winner.