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We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.
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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Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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Every person under your supervision is different. They're all different. They're identical in most ways, but not in all ways. You have to study and analyze every individual under your supervision and try to work with them in a way that will be most productive.
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If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.
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We will begin by learning how to tie our shoes.
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My philosophy of defense is to keep the pressure on an opponent until you get to his emotions
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Over-coaching can be more harmful than under-coaching. Keep it simple!
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Flexibility is the key to stability.
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The uphill climb is slow,but the downhill road is fast.
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How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.
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Each of us must make the effort to contribute to the best of our ability according to our individual talents. And then we put all the individual talents together for the highest good of the group. Understanding that the good of the group comes first is fundamental to being a highly productive member of a team.
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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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Condition comes from hard work during practice and proper mental and moral conduct between practices.
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If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.
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You can always do more than you think you can.
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We may not be the best conditioned team in the country, but our players think they are.
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I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people.
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Respect a man, and he will do all the more.
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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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Adversity often produces an unexpected opportunity. Look for it ! Appreciate and utilize it! This is difficult to do if you're feeling sorry for yourself because you're faced with adversity.
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