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It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do 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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Ability may get you to the top, nut it takes chracter to keep you there - mental, moral, and physical.
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You can respect a person without necessarily liking that individual.
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Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody truly knows that but you. But you are what matters most.
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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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Losing does not make you a failure it is when you blame someone for losing when you become a failure
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I am not a strategic coach I am a practice coach.
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Never try to be better than somebody else. But most importantly, never cease trying to be the best you can be.
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Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.
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Happiness begins when selfishness ends.
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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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Winning and losing aren't all they're cracked up to be, but the trip to the destination is.
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The uphill climb is slow,but the downhill road is fast.
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A gifted player, who is not a team player, will ultimately hurt the team.
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The most important thing in the world is family and love.
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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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