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Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.
John Wooden
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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
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John Robert Wooden
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Having the courage to make decisions and take action. Never be afraid to fail. You have nothing to fear if you have prepared to the best of your ability.
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Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
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People want to believe you are sincerely interested in them as a person, not just what they can do for you.
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Winning takes talent to repeat takes character.
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Good judgment, common sense, and reason all fly out the window when emotions kick down your door.
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A mentor must always guide, never push. It was my job to listen to them, offer my perspective, and encourage them to pursue the ideals they believed to be true.
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Leaders must have patience for those under your supervision. Don't expect too much too soon. Maybe it was easy for you, but that doesn't mean it's going to be easy for somebody else. Be sure you have patience.
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Ability may get you to the top, nut it takes chracter to keep you there - mental, moral, and physical.
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Too many people look on outscoring someone as winning, I never tried to get that across to my players.
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You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.
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When I was coaching I always considered myself a teacher. Teachers tend to follow the laws of learning better than coaches who do not have any teaching background. A coach is nothing more than a teacher. I used to encourage anyone who wanted to coach to get a degree in teaching so they could apply those principles to athletics.
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Motivating through fear may work in the short term to get people to do something, but over the long run I believe personal pride is a much greater motivator. It produces far better results that last for a much longer time.
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We can plan a roadtrip or a workday down to the last detail but the unexpected will always arise. If we are not malleable, we will get left behind.
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The close games are usually lost, rather than won. What I mean by that is games are mostly won because of the opponent making mistakes during crucial moments.
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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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You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game, and you can win when you're outscored.
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Apply yourself everyday to just becoming a little bit better.
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Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.
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Love is the most powerful four letter word.
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Working with others makes us much more than we could ever become alone
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