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The most important thing in the world is family and love.

John Wooden

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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
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You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.
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There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.
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Next to love, balance is the most important thing.
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Honors are very fleeting, just as fame is cherish friendship more.
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Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort. We are all imperfect and will fail on occasions, but fear of failure is the greatest failure of all.
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Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. Focus all your effort on what is in your power to control.
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