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Ability is a poor man's wealth.

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
Ability
Poor
Men
Motivational
Wealth
Sports

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Passion is temporary. It doesn't last long. Love is enduring. And that's the important thing. If we all had love in our lives to the degree that we should, it would be much happier.
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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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It is harmful to compare yourself to others. Others will do that for you.
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How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.
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Apply yourself everyday to just becoming a little bit better.
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It matters not the subject taught, nor all the books on all the shelves, What matters most, yes most of all, is what the teachers are themselves.
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I really believe that happiness comes from things that cannot taken away from you.
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Mistakes come from doing, but so does success.
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As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either.
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I've never stopped trying to do what's right. I'm not doing it to earn favor with God. I'm doing it because it's the right thing to do.
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Any structure must have a strong foundation. The cornerstones anchor the foundation. For some reason the cornerstones that I chose to begin with I never changed.
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Never mistake activity for achievement.
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I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.
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You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes
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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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You should never try to be better than someone else, you should always be learning from others. But you should never cease trying to be the best you could be because that's under your control and the other isn't.
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A life not lived for others is not a life, a game not played for others is not a game.
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I never yelled at my players much. That would have been artificial stimulation, which doesn't last very long. I think it's like love and passion. Passion won't last as long as love. When you are dependent on passion, you need more and more of it to make it work. It's the same with yelling.
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Without organization and leadership toward a realistic goal, there is no chance of realizing more than a small percentage of your potential.
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Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody truly knows that but you. But you are what matters most.
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