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No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
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
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Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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While you, the leader, can teach many things, character is not taught easily to adults who arrive at your desk lacking it. Be cautious about taking on reclamation projects regardless of the talent they may possess. Have the courage to make character count among the qualities you seek in others.
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Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.
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Ability is a poor man's wealth.
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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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Be slow to correct and quick to commend.
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With the experience to judge, one need not pre-judge.
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Character is more important than any other leadership trait.
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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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The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success.
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Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable.
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The greatest failure of all is the failure to act when action is needed
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Show me what you can do don't tell me what you can do.
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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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Happiness begins where selfishness ends.
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Big things are accomplished when we master the little things.
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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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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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