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I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.

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
Built
Anyone
Else
Dad

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There is great joy in doing something for somebody else with no thought in receiving anything in return.
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Being your best when your best is needed. The ability to enjoy challenges when things become difficult and to derive exhilaration from them.
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If I were a young coach today, I would be extremely careful in selecting assistants.
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Losing does not make you a failure it is when you blame someone for losing when you become a failure
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With the experience to judge, one need not pre-judge.
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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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Dwelling in the past prevents doing something in the present.
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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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Don't think that you can make up for it by working twice as hard tomorrow. If you have it within your power to work twice as hard, why aren't you doing it now?
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