“Pick up the pace, ladies!”

You coach a kids' soccer team. The players are practicing, but they're not running as fast as they can. You want them to run faster, so you say:

Pick up the pace, ladies!

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“My coach used to tell us, 'You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.'”

Your friend is trying to decide whether to send an application to a graduate school that he wants to get into. He really wants to go there but doesn't think that he'll be accepted. You want to convince him to apply. You say:

My coach used to tell us, "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

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