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It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

John Wooden

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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
Basketball Coach
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Hall
Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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Coaches
Little
Details
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