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Happiness begins where selfishness ends.
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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People want to believe you are sincerely interested in them as a person, not just what they can do for you.
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A good banker isn't careless with pennies a good leader isn't sloppy about details.
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Promise yourself that you will talk health, happiness, and prosperity as often as possible.
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Every day, try to help someone who can't reciprocate your kindness.
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Earlier in life, I put family in front of faith. I've fixed that. But I always tried to keep work fourth on the list. I was proud when [my wife] Nellie told an interviewer, 'I never could tell whether John had a good practice or a bad practice, because he never brought it home'
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Working with others makes us much more than we could ever become alone
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Honors are very fleeting, just as fame is cherish friendship more.
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Fairness is giving all people the treatment they earn and deserve. It doesn't mean treating everyone alike.
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I seldom was ever off my seat on the bench during the game.
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Too often, we just ask for help instead of really giving thanks for the many things that we've had and are so helpful to us that we did nothing to deserve, so we should give thanks each and every day and pray for guidance in helping us along the proper path.
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