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It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.
John Wooden
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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
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We’re all imperfect and we all have needs. The weak usually do not ask for help, so they stay weak. If we recognize that we are imperfect, we will ask for help and we will pray for the guidance necessary to bring positive results to whatever we are doing.
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Every person under your supervision is different. They're all different. They're identical in most ways, but not in all ways. You have to study and analyze every individual under your supervision and try to work with them in a way that will be most productive.
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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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Helping others is perhaps the greatest joy! You cannot have a perfect day without helping others with no thought of getting something in return.
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Hardship brings people closer together if you share it.
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I seldom was ever off my seat on the bench during the game.
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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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Passion is temporary. It doesn't last long. Love is enduring. And that's the important thing. If we all had love in our lives to the degree that we should, it would be much happier.
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There are no big things, only a logical accumulation of little things done at a very high standard of performance.
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Never mistake activity for achievement.
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If I were a young coach today, I would be extremely careful in selecting assistants.
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I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day
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You control the terms of the conflict. Make them play your game. Don't try to play theirs.
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Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating
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Never complain about the officiating. It does no good. During the game I don't want to be fighting two opponents.
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Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.
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The uphill climb is slow,but the downhill road is fast.
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You've never heard of them- and you never will .
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We don’t have to be superstars or win championships…. All we have to do is learn to rise to every occasion, give our best effort, and make those around us better as we do it.
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Never confuse activity with accomplishment.
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