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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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Love is the most powerful four letter word.
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Earlier in life, I put family in front of faith. I've fixed that. But I always tried to keep work fourth on the list. I was proud when [my wife] Nellie told an interviewer, 'I never could tell whether John had a good practice or a bad practice, because he never brought it home'
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I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.
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If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.
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Don't be afraid to fail. The greatest failure of all is failure to act when action is needed. Use the information that you've acquired in the past through the experiences you've had and act with self-control - but act.
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Too many people look on outscoring someone as winning, I never tried to get that across to my players.
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We are many, but are we much?
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You get ideas across better through listening and the pat-on-the-back method than you do with a kick on the pants.
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Once you become a good person, then you have a chance of becoming a good basketball player.
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The most important thing in the world is family and love.
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Most people think of poise as calm, self-assured dignity but I call it “just being you”.
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Too often, we just ask for help instead of really giving thanks for the many things that we've had and are so helpful to us that we did nothing to deserve, so we should give thanks each and every day and pray for guidance in helping us along the proper path.
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