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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
Learned
Taught
Coaching
Havens
Haven

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Condition comes from hard work during practice and proper mental and moral conduct between practices.
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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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Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.
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I'm no wizard, and I don't like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don't want to be thought of in that way.
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Earn the right to be proud and confident.
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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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Do not get so concerned with making a living that you forget to make a life.
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Confidence comes from being prepared.
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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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There is no substitute for hard work. If you're looking for the easy way, if you're looking for the trick, you might get by for a while, but you will not be developing the talents that lie within you. There is simply no substitute for work.
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The important things to me are your faith, your family and your friends. If you have that, you have everything.
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I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.
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We must be challenged to improve, and adversity is the challenger.
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You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game, and you can win when you're outscored.
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Ability is a poor man's wealth.
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I grew up on a farm. We learned that there was a season to plant, a season to water, and season to harvest. The planting and watering could be laborious, but without those stages, there would never be a harvest.
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Be quick, but don't hurry.
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Kindness makes for much better teamwork.
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Strive to accomplish the very best you are capable of. Nothing less than your best effort will suffice.
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Others may have more ability than you, they may be larger, faster, quicker, better jumpers ... but no one should be your superior in respect to team spirit, loyalty, enthusiasm, cooperation, determination, industriousness, fight effort, and character.
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