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I am not a strategic coach I am a practice coach.

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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The Good Lord in his infinite wisdom, did not create us all equal when it comes to size, strength, appearance, or various aptitudes. But success is not being better than someone else, success is the peace of mind that is a direct result of self-satisfacti on in knowing that you gave your best effort to become the best of which you are capable.
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Happiness begins when selfishness ends.
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Mentors are available at all stages of your leadership life - early, middle and late. Seek them out and listen absorb their knowledge and use it.
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The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success.
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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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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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Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable.
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Be prepared and be honest.
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Kindness makes for much better teamwork.
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It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it.
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We must be challenged to improve, and adversity is the challenger.
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There is great joy in doing something for somebody else with no thought in receiving anything in return.
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Our land is everything to us.... I will tell you one of the things we remember on our land. We remember that our grandfathers paid for it - with their lives.
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Apply yourself everyday to just becoming a little bit better.
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A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it
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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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I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people.
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You are no better than anyone else and no one is better than you.
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We are many, but are we much?
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