#5 John Eliot: Bill Russell & Barfing

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Bill Russell is one of the great names in basketball, an all-American… and the only athlete to ever win an NCAA Championship, an Olympic Gold Medal, and a professional championship all in the same year—1956…But Bill Russell had this one problem: He threw up before every game.

~ John Eliot, Ph.D. Quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

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I have discovered that I cannot enhance anybody’s performance without getting them not only to live with the butterflies that come with high-pressure jobs but to embrace that kind of physical response, enjoy it, get into it. That’s the first real ticket to being a performer who thinks exceptionally.

~ John Eliot, Ph.D. Quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

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Great performers welcome pressure.

~ John Eliot, Ph.D. Quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

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The top players in every field think differently when all the marbles are on the line. Great performers focus on what they are doing, and nothing else…They let it happen, let it go. They couldn’t care less about the results.

~ John Eliot, Ph.D. Quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

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Thinking is a habit, and like any other habit, it can be changed; it just takes effort and repetition.

~ John Eliot, Ph.D. Quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

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No one else’s roadmap to success will get you there.

~ John Eliot, Ph.D. Quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

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Great performers are, by definition, abnormal; they strive throughout their entire careers to separate themselves from the pack.

~ John Eliot, Ph.D. Quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

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High achievers dwell on what they do well and spend very little time evaluating themselves and their performances.

~ John Eliot, Ph.D. Quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

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Unlikely accomplishments are borne out of single-minded purposefulness. Future superstars don't get there by keeping part of their heart in reserve.

~ John Eliot, Ph.D. Quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

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Arrogant S.O.B.s run the world. A performer can never have too much self-confidence. The best in every field are likely to strike most people as irrationally confident, but that's how they got to the top.

~ John Eliot, Ph.D. Quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

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