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Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do.

In those days reputation was a big thing. If you could win a game before you went out, win it. That could mean winning it in the papers by saying certain things or by not saying certain things. You got very crafty at the game.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.

It is certain that concentration camps had a bad reputation with us.

That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.

Ever since I became a Muslim, I've had to deal with attempts to damage my reputation and countless insinuations seeking to cast doubt on my character and trying to connect me to causes which I do not subscribe to.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.

Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.

Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.

We have made drugs an Olympic event. It receives most of the coverage at the Games and even the suspicion of guilt can ruin a reputation for life.

The fame and reputation part came later, and never was much of a motivator, although it did enable me to work without feeling guilty about neglecting my studies.

At the time the Sendmail program had a very poor reputation with respect to security, with four root vulnerabilities per year for two successive years.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself; this is to desire your Approbation to keep a public school.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.