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I find this presidential race, on both the Republican side and the Democratic side, to be a great example of really practicing democracy in its best form. I am seeing less hatred, I am seeing more diversity, and I am seeing more people talking about issues than I have ever seen. I am seeing more people go from their own dogma of being a Republican or a Democrat, being a conservative or a liberal, and really taking this opportunity to look at a lot of different pieces of information.

Let’s take the Democrats – it is historic what is going on there. We have a black man, and we have a woman who are running for the Presidency of the United States of America, and either one of them have a wonderful shot at accomplishing that goal. On the Republican side, it is interesting, isn’t it? We have a 71 year old, experienced war hero. We have a Baptist preacher out of Arkansas who has come out of nowhere with no money, little organization and he is still in the race. Isn’t it interesting that the people who raise the most money, Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani, are out of the race already? We always think you can buy an election. The Republicans have proven that you can’t buy an election. Both Romney and Giuliani have gotten out. And what is left are two people that really didn’t have a lot of money. In the case of John McCain, he had to get rid of most of his staff last summer because he was running out of money before the primary even started, and Huckabee never had a staff to begin with.

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As most of you know, I played professional football for 18 years and college and high school football for another 4 and 4 years, respectively. I wasn’t aware of steroids while I played. It came about at the end of my career.

We were playing the Pittsburgh Steelers in New Orleans in the Super Bowl. I’m not sure whether it was Super Bowl 7, 8 or 9 but it was one of those Super Bowls. I was on the field before the game with my center Mick Tinglehoff — from Nebraska, played 17 years and never missed a game. He was a great, great player who weighed 240 pounds and had an average build. We’re out there warming up before the game and I’m looking over the Steelers linemen - Mike Webster their great center; Steve Courson their great guard - and they had their sleeves rolled up. Short sleeved shirts on a cold day. And they had bulging arms. Bulging biceps. And I said to Mick, “What are they doing, that you’re not?” I had no idea that they were on some kind of steroid or human growth hormone. Later we found out they were.

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It seems the start of every year is a challenge, isn’t it? And this year seems even tougher than most because of the uncertainty out there. The markets are up a hundred points — it’s down a hundred points. The banks are going to fail — the banks’ stocks are going up. Google is changing the world, then Google misses earnings. The Giants aren’t supposed to be in the Super Bowl, and then they win the Super Bowl. Brett Favre is supposed to win the Super Bowl, and he gets knocked out in the Championship game. A lot of uncertainty. A lot of economic uncertainty. Who’s going to be the next President? Is it Barack Obama? Is it Hilary Clinton? Is it John McCain? We thought maybe Rudy Giuliani might, but he isn’t. So we have uncertainty about our political situation. What party is going to be in charge? Are they going to raise taxes? Lower taxes? Can we live with this new President? Can we not live with this new President? What happens in Afghanistan and what happens in Iraq and in the rest of the world? There are all kinds of things going on and that creates great uncertainty. And there are a lot of symptoms from that which impact you and impact me. It impacts everyone. And that causes one to drift. It causes one to become distracted. It can cause one to become disconnected, and these are not good things because when we start to drift and we become distracted or disconnected, we become confused. And when we become confused, our belief system – what you and I believe in and what we do and how we do it – gets compromised. And we are in this time of tremendous uncertainty, and where do I go and what do I do. And I want to tell you I’ve got a cure for it. The cure is a dose of vitamin C, and you’re saying “what can vitamin C do for me?” Vitamin C would be this – stop right now and create a plan.

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The same things that create success for the Giants and New England Patriots as they go to the Super Bowl are the same things that create success for people in business and in their lives. And what are those things?

How many times have you heard people come to you and say, “Come partner with me. Come to my deal. I have the greatest ziz wheels, lead generation system, business idea that’s going to change the world. That’s going to change your life. That’s going to make you a billion dollars in about 2 seconds. This opportunity is going to be the greatest thing for you.” Have you ever heard that? Well, that’s what I call smoke and mirrors. That’s what I call silver bullets. And what Tom Brady realizes is what you should realize, and what I should realize.

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