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Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

John Wooden

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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Military Officer
Hall
Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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The more concerned we become over the things we can't control, the less we will do with the things we can control
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It's not what you teach, it's what you emphasize.
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What it comes down to, I believe, is that mentoring often involves telling people what they need to hear, rather than what they want to hear. When you are able to be humbly honest with someone about a situation with which you have personal experience-even if you risk angering or hurting that person-you are offering the most valuable gift of all.
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You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
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Be quick, but don't hurry.
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Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.
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I grew up on a farm. We learned that there was a season to plant, a season to water, and season to harvest. The planting and watering could be laborious, but without those stages, there would never be a harvest.
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Success may result in winning, but winning does not necessarily mean you are a success.
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People ask me if I'd permit fancy things, like dunks. Well, if they did dunk, it was with no fancy flair. No behind-the-back dribbles or passes unless necessary. If it was for show, you were on the bench.
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You can’t do anything about yesterday, and the only way to improve tomorrow is by what you do right now.
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Great leaders are always out front with a banner, instead of behind with a whip.
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Next to love, balance is the most important thing.
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In life, worthwhile accomplishments and acquisitions take time. Usually the better the reward, the more time it takes to acquire it.
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Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable.
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Be slow to correct and quick to commend.
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There are no big things, only a logical accumulation of little things done at a very high standard of performance.
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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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Working with others makes us much more than we could ever become alone
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We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.
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No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
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