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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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John Robert Wooden
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If you stay intent and your ability warrants it, you will eventually reach the top of the mountain.
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Each of us has a huge capacity to learn and to achieve. Being ever alert makes the task of becoming all we are capable of becoming so much easier.
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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
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A life not lived for others is not a life, a game not played for others is not a game.
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Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.
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Place the team above yourself always.
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It takes 10 hands to score a basket
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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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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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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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Good judgment, common sense, and reason all fly out the window when emotions kick down your door.
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Earn the right to be proud and confident.
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The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success.
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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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I constantly caution our teams: 'Play your game, just play your game. Eventually, if you play your game, stick to your style, class will tell in the end.' This does not mean that we will always outscore our opponent, but it does insure that we will not beat ourselves.
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When opportunity comes it is too late to prepare.
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If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.
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The life lessons taught by John Wooden have become legend. Here's a collection of some of the greatest 'Woodenisms.'
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What it comes down to, I believe, is that mentoring often involves telling people what they need to hear, rather than what they want to hear. When you are able to be humbly honest with someone about a situation with which you have personal experience-even if you risk angering or hurting that person-you are offering the most valuable gift of all.
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Winning breeds winning.
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