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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
Motivational
Wealth
Sports
Ability
Poor
Men

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Don't beat yourself. That's the worst kind of defeat you'll ever suffer.
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A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group - that's teamwork.
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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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Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.
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Every day, try to help someone who can't reciprocate your kindness.
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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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It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
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Apply yourself everyday to just becoming a little bit better.
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Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.
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Build shelter against a rainy day.
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Don't look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at time. That's the only way it happens-and when it happens, it lasts.
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Never allow anyone else to define your success.
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You have not taught until they have learned.
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I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.
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When you get to be 95, travel doesn't come as easily.
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A Coach must never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority.
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Intensity makes you stronger. Emotionalism makes you weaker.
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Mentors are available at all stages of your leadership life - early, middle and late. Seek them out and listen absorb their knowledge and use it.
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Most people think of poise as calm, self-assured dignity but I call it “just being you”.
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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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