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I seldom was ever off my seat on the bench during the game.
John Wooden
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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
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John Robert Wooden
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Never complain about the officiating. It does no good. During the game I don't want to be fighting two opponents.
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We can agree to disagree, but we don’t need to be disagreeable.
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Don't beat yourself. That's the worst kind of defeat you'll ever suffer.
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Place the team above yourself always.
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Every day, try to help someone who can't reciprocate your kindness.
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Cultivate the ability to make decisions and think alone. Do not be afraid of failure, but learn from it.
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The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
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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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Give me 100 percent. You can't make up for a poor effort today by giving 110 percent tomorrow. You don't have 110 percent. You only have 100 percent, and that's what I want from you right now.
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Ability is a poor man's wealth.
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Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.
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Being true to ourselves doesn't make us people of integrity. Charles Manson was true to himself, and as a result, he rightly is spending the rest of his life in prison. Ultimately, being true to our Creator gives us the purest form of integrity.
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Remember this your lifetime through: Tomorrow there will be more to do. And failure waits for all who stay With some success made yesterday. Tomorrow you must try once more, And even harder than before.
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