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You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.

John Wooden

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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Military Officer
Hall
Indiana
John Robert Wooden
Wrestling
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A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group - that's teamwork.
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If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.
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Strive to accomplish the very best you are capable of. Nothing less than your best effort will suffice.
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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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The team with the most talent usually wins.
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Being true to ourselves doesn't make us people of integrity. Charles Manson was true to himself, and as a result, he rightly is spending the rest of his life in prison. Ultimately, being true to our Creator gives us the purest form of integrity.
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We can plan a roadtrip or a workday down to the last detail but the unexpected will always arise. If we are not malleable, we will get left behind.
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Constantly be aware and observing. Always seek to improve yourself and the team.
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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 .
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It's too late for preparation when opportunity strikes.
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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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Why do we dread adversity when we know that facing it is the only way to become stronger, smarter, better?
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Earn the right to be proud and confident.
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We may not be the best conditioned team in the country, but our players think they are.
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Make each day a masterpiece.
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Most people think of poise as calm, self-assured dignity but I call it “just being you”.
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Dwelling in the past prevents doing something in the present.
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Class is an intangible quality which commands, rather than demands, the respect of others.
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Don't think that you can make up for it by working twice as hard tomorrow. If you have it within your power to work twice as hard, why aren't you doing it now?
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