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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
Coaching
Sports
Heard
Never

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If I did only what I wanted to do, I would not be obedient to the Creator. Sometimes He wants us to do certain things that we may not feel like doing. When it comes to what God asks of us, we need more than good intentions we need to follow through fully.
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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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For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If you are not intent about what you are doing, you aren't able to resist the temptation to do something else that might be more fun at the moment.
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A coach's primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people
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In spite of all that doctors know, and their studies never end, the best cure of all when spirits fall is a kind note from a friend.
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The true leader isn't really looking for leadership. He's trying to set an example and be in the proper way to get the most productive results and don't realize it. When the followers get something done, if the leader has been what he should, they'll feel like they did it, not him. That's the way it should be.
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Be slow to correct and quick to commend.
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Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. Focus all your effort on what is in your power to control.
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Be quick without hurrying.
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How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.
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Happiness begins when selfishness ends.
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The player who puts the ball through the hoop has ten hands.
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Constantly be aware and observing. Always seek to improve yourself and the team.
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Build shelter against a rainy day.
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Kindness makes for much better teamwork.
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It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.
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If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
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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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Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
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Once you become a good person, then you have a chance of becoming a good basketball player.
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