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When I was a kid growing up, my dad being a football coach, he asked the same question of all the assistants that he ever hired: 'Is your goal to be a head football coach?'


Chuck Pagano

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CHUCK NORRIS Good things happen to those who hustle.
CHUCK NOLL In 1966, NASA took over in space, and it has been a bureaucratic mess ever since.
CHUCK YEAGER There are two tests in life, more important than any other test. On Monday morning, when you wake up...
CHUCK SCHUMER Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home... it's your responsibili...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK I can't lie - I love talking to the people at my shows. I'm so grateful to all my fans. I co...
CHUCK BROWN You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the ...
CHUCK YEAGER Don't let the same dog bite you twice.
CHUCK BERRY I'm thankful for each and every day. We never know when time is up.
CHUCK BERRY We're making the same mistakes we made 1,000 years ago. So they must be the right ones. So relax...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK What is the real purpose behind the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus? They seem like gr...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK If the citizens of the United States are to turn away from the Communist Manifesto and preserve the ...
CHUCK NORRIS Exercise, prayer, and meditation are examples of calming rituals. They have been shown to induce a h...
CHUCK NORRIS The key to a winning season is focusing on one opponent at a time. Winning one week at a time. Never...
CHUCK NOLL My first four books, from 'Fight Club' to 'Choke,' dealt with personal identity issu...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK In 2008, while the film version of my book 'Choke' was coming to market, my mother was diagn...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK That's all there was in our house: poetry and choir rehearsal and duets and so forth; I listened...
CHUCK BERRY In the 7th grade, I made a 20-foot long mural of the Lewis and Clark Trail while we were studying th...
CHUCK CLOSE Chuck Berry doesn't give interviews.
CHUCK BERRY Maybe it is true what they say, that playing these Chuck Berry songs is easy. But try singing them. ...
CHUCK BERRY Mr. Olsen in the fifth grade made me want to be a writer. He said, 'Chuck, you do this really we...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK One day between takes on the 'Oz' set, I went into one of the cells and laid down and dozed ...
CHUCK ZITO It's amazing because people come up to me and say, 'Chuck, you're the luckiest guy in th...
CHUCK NORRIS Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important.
CHUCK CLOSE