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Five years from now, you’re the same person except for the people you’ve met and the books you’ve read.
John Wooden
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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
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I don't believe in looking back. If you make a decision that you think is the proper one at a time, then that's the correct decision.
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Don't get discouraged: it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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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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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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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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The important things to me are your faith, your family and your friends. If you have that, you have everything.
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