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Many ... have tremendous God-given gifts, but they don't focus on the development of those gifts. Who are these individuals? You've never heard of them- and you never will .
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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Leadership is the ability to get individuals to work together for the common good and the best possible results while at the same time letting them know they did it themselves.
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Be slow to correct and quick to commend.
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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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Make each day a masterpiece.
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You can’t do anything about yesterday, and the only way to improve tomorrow is by what you do right now.
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It's too late for preparation when opportunity strikes.
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People want to believe you are sincerely interested in them as a person, not just what they can do for you.
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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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A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it
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You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.
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No individual should take the blame for a loss, because no individual should get the credit for a victory.
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Promise yourself that you will talk health, happiness, and prosperity as often as possible.
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Every person under your supervision is different. They're all different. They're identical in most ways, but not in all ways. You have to study and analyze every individual under your supervision and try to work with them in a way that will be most productive.
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If I were a young coach today, I would be extremely careful in selecting assistants.
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I really believe that happiness comes from things that cannot taken away from you.
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Make no mistake, I always want to win, but I never fight with an opponent. My fight is within me it is the struggle to be the best I can be at whatever I do.
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