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Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time
John Wooden
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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
Basketball Coach
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Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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Team spirit means you are willing to sacrifice personal considerations for the welfare of all. That defines a team player.
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Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. Focus all your effort on what is in your power to control.
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Many ... have tremendous God-given gifts, but they don't focus on the development of those gifts. Who are these individuals? You've never heard of them- and you never will .
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It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
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