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Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.

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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