“It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.”
John Wooden (1910–2010) American basketball coach
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit”
This is attributed to Truman in some sources, but a similar saying is recorded as early as 1909 https://books.google.com/books?id=bidJAAAAIAAJ&dq=how%20much%20%22care%20who%20gets%20the%20credit%22&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q=how%20much%20%22care%20who%20gets%20the%20credit%22&f=false. <br class="br">Misattributed
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