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It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
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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Make greatness attainable by all.
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What it comes down to, I believe, is that mentoring often involves telling people what they need to hear, rather than what they want to hear. When you are able to be humbly honest with someone about a situation with which you have personal experience-even if you risk angering or hurting that person-you are offering the most valuable gift of all.
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You have not taught until they have learned.
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Acquire peace of mind by making the effort to become the best of which you are capable.
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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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Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are
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You've never heard of them- and you never will .
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Teamwork is not a preference, it is a requirement.
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Don't whine, complain, or make excuses.
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Condition comes from hard work during practice and proper mental and moral conduct between practices.
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There is nothing stronger than gentleness.
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It is normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is when you prevent either from affecting you in a negative matter.
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When we aren't alert, we miss opportunities to improve ourselves. We should always watch for circumstances or situations that can help or harm us and be eager to learn from these encounters.
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Selfishness is the greatest challenge for a coach. Most players are more concerned with making themselves better than the team.
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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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Always think of passing the ball before shooting it.
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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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Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.
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Good judgment, common sense, and reason all fly out the window when emotions kick down your door.
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When the legs go, the heart soon follows
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