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Don't look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at time. That's the only way it happens-and when it happens, it lasts.
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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Each of us must make the effort to contribute to the best of our ability according to our individual talents. And then we put all the individual talents together for the highest good of the group. Understanding that the good of the group comes first is fundamental to being a highly productive member of a team.
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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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No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
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Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.
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Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort. We are all imperfect and will fail on occasions, but fear of failure is the greatest failure of all.
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Profound responsibilities come with teaching and coaching. You can do so much good–or harm. It’s why I believe that next to parenting, teaching and coaching are the two most important professions in the world.
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One of the greatest motivating factors is the pat on the back, although with some individuals, you have to make the pat a little lower or a little harder.
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Respect a man, and he will do all the more.
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Work without joy is drudgery. Drudgery does not produce champions, nor does it produce great organizations.
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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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Every day, try to help someone who can't reciprocate your kindness.
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I don't think I was a fine game coach I think I was a good practice coach.
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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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Selfishness is the greatest challenge for a coach. Most players are more concerned with making themselves better than the team.
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The time to prepare isn't after you have been given the opportunity. It's long before that opportunity arises. Once the opportunity arrives, it's too late to prepare.
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The score will take care of itself when you take care of the effort that precedes the score.
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Make each day your masterpiece. Life is now. Life is not later on.
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While you, the leader, can teach many things, character is not taught easily to adults who arrive at your desk lacking it. Be cautious about taking on reclamation projects regardless of the talent they may possess. Have the courage to make character count among the qualities you seek in others.
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Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.
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The life lessons taught by John Wooden have become legend. Here's a collection of some of the greatest 'Woodenisms.'
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