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Motivation Quote by Roger Staubach

"In racing, we have a better chance of it happening quicker because we have attracted good people to come to work for us. It's the beginning of a great adventure, and we're looking forward to it"

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Staubach’s line reads like the clean, confident optimism of a career spent in huddles: plainspoken, forward-facing, and built to rally a room. On the surface, he’s talking about speed and momentum in racing, but the real pitch is about culture. “Happening quicker” isn’t just a timetable claim; it’s a promise that the organization won’t be stuck in the sluggish loop of “rebuilding” that so many sports ventures hide behind. He’s selling acceleration.

The key move is how he credits “good people” rather than genius strategy or star power. That’s the subtext of leadership-by-recruitment: success isn’t a lucky break or a single big hire, it’s the compound interest of competence. In a sport where fans are trained to obsess over hardware, budgets, and split-second advantages, Staubach shifts attention to the less glamorous but decisive factor: the caliber of the team behind the scenes.

“It’s the beginning of a great adventure” does double duty. It romanticizes a business initiative as something more than a project plan, while also lowering the risk profile. “Adventure” implies uncertainty, but in a flattering way: not chaos, but discovery. The closing “we’re looking forward to it” is classic athlete-speak, yet it’s strategically open-ended. It invites buy-in without overspecifying outcomes, the kind of confidence that plays well when you’re asking sponsors, staff, or fans to believe before the trophies arrive.

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Staubach, Roger. (2026, January 15). In racing, we have a better chance of it happening quicker because we have attracted good people to come to work for us. It's the beginning of a great adventure, and we're looking forward to it. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/in-racing-we-have-a-better-chance-of-it-happening-155951/

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Staubach, Roger. "In racing, we have a better chance of it happening quicker because we have attracted good people to come to work for us. It's the beginning of a great adventure, and we're looking forward to it." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/in-racing-we-have-a-better-chance-of-it-happening-155951/.

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"In racing, we have a better chance of it happening quicker because we have attracted good people to come to work for us. It's the beginning of a great adventure, and we're looking forward to it." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/in-racing-we-have-a-better-chance-of-it-happening-155951/. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.

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Roger Staubach (born February 5, 1942) is a Athlete from USA.

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