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We are many, but are we much?

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
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People ask me if I'd permit fancy things, like dunks. Well, if they did dunk, it was with no fancy flair. No behind-the-back dribbles or passes unless necessary. If it was for show, you were on the bench.
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What a leader learns after you've learned it all counts most of all.
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When you get to be 95, travel doesn't come as easily.
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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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The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.
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I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.
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Be quick without hurrying.
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If you do enough small things right, big things can happen
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It is difficult for young players to learn - because of the great emphasis on records - but, ideally, the joy and frustration of sport should come from the performance itself, not the score. While he is playing, the worst thing a player can think about in terms of concentration - and therefore of success - is losing. The next worst is winning.
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We will begin by learning how to tie our shoes.
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You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes
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It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it.
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Earn the right to be proud and confident.
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If I did only what I wanted to do, I would not be obedient to the Creator. Sometimes He wants us to do certain things that we may not feel like doing. When it comes to what God asks of us, we need more than good intentions we need to follow through fully.
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A mentor must always guide, never push. It was my job to listen to them, offer my perspective, and encourage them to pursue the ideals they believed to be true.
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Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.
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You haven't taught until they've learned.
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