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If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
John Wooden
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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
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Opponents are working very hard to defeat us. Let's not do it for them by defeating ourselves from within.
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I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.
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