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Our titles would not have been possible without the unselfishness displayed by all our teams, the team wins, not the individuals
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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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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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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We can agree to disagree, but we don’t need to be disagreeable.
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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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Don't beat yourself. That's the worst kind of defeat you'll ever suffer.
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When opportunity comes it is too late to prepare.
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All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.
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We are all equal in that we can all strive to become the best we are capable of becoming. We can always improve but we shouldn't compare ourselves to others. We get in trouble when we start trying to measure up to someone else.
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