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Showmanship

9 souls carry this. Every one shows a real answer before you take it.

All 9.

Bet on it, but bet like a Yankee, not a gambler. Ask whether the public will pay a quarter and go away pleased enough to come…

Bet on it. I was a kid from Louisville nobody gave a prayer against Liston, and I shook up the world because I said it first and…

Kid, nobody ever bought a ticket to watch me bunt. You swing hard, in case you hit it.

I sailed to Key West flat broke with a busted career and one notion about selling paradise, and that boat trip bought me the…

Pally, I'll tell you what I told everybody who ever handed me advice.

Darling, why on earth would you be ordinary when you could be extraordinary?

When we made Thriller, everyone said be realistic, and I said no, this has to be the biggest album in history.

Play it safe? Please. Safe is cargo shorts for your bank account.

Play it safe? Aw, that's adorable. Safe is what the parents of Springwood thought locked doors were.