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To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character.

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
Winning
Character
Must
Talent

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My assistants and I often would spend more time planning a practice than the actual practice itself
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I am not as good as I ought to be. I am not as good as I want to be. I am not as good as I'm going to be. But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be.
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Winning and losing aren't all they're cracked up to be, but the trip to the destination is.
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Condition comes from hard work during practice and proper mental and moral conduct between practices.
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Why do we dread adversity when we know that facing it is the only way to become stronger, smarter, better?
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There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.
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Next to love, balance is the most important thing.
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The close games are usually lost, rather than won. What I mean by that is games are mostly won because of the opponent making mistakes during crucial moments.
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Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
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A coach's primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people
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You must have respect, which is a part of love, for those under your supervision. Then they will do what you ask and more.
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The best competition I have is against myself to become better
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Give me 100 percent. You can't make up for a poor effort today by giving 110 percent tomorrow. You don't have 110 percent. You only have 100 percent, and that's what I want from you right now.
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No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
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Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.
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If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
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