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When I am through learning, I am through.

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
Perseverance
Learning

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It is harmful to compare yourself to others. Others will do that for you.
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When I was coaching I always considered myself a teacher. Teachers tend to follow the laws of learning better than coaches who do not have any teaching background. A coach is nothing more than a teacher. I used to encourage anyone who wanted to coach to get a degree in teaching so they could apply those principles to athletics.
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Having the courage to make decisions and take action. Never be afraid to fail. You have nothing to fear if you have prepared to the best of your ability.
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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've never stopped trying to do what's right. I'm not doing it to earn favor with God. I'm doing it because it's the right thing to do.
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It's important to keep trying to do what you think is right no matter how hard it is or how often you fail. Never stop trying
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Winning takes talent to repeat takes character.
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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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Fairness is giving all people the treatment they earn and deserve. It doesn't mean treating everyone alike.
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You are no better than anyone else and no one is better than you.
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I really believe that happiness comes from things that cannot taken away from you.
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Winning games, titles and championships isn't all it's cracked up to be, but getting there, the journey, is a lot more than it's cracked up to be.
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The score will take care of itself when you take care of the effort that precedes the score.
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Confidence comes from being prepared.
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Drink deeply from good books.
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It's not what you teach, it's what you emphasize.
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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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A good banker isn't careless with pennies a good leader isn't sloppy about details.
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It's too late for preparation when opportunity strikes.
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Class is an intangible quality which commands, rather than demands, the respect of others.
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