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Never confuse activity with accomplishment.

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
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Confuse
Accomplishment
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No individual should take the blame for a loss, because no individual should get the credit for a victory.
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It matters not the subject taught, nor all the books on all the shelves, What matters most, yes most of all, is what the teachers are themselves.
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I never yelled at my players much. That would have been artificial stimulation, which doesn't last very long. I think it's like love and passion. Passion won't last as long as love. When you are dependent on passion, you need more and more of it to make it work. It's the same with yelling.
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Give me 100 percent. You can't make up for a poor effort today by giving 110 percent tomorrow. You don't have 110 percent. You only have 100 percent, and that's what I want from you right now.
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Apply yourself everyday to just becoming a little bit better.
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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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There is no substitute for hard work. If you're looking for the easy way, if you're looking for the trick, you might get by for a while, but you will not be developing the talents that lie within you. There is simply no substitute for work.
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It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
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Be quick without hurrying.
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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
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The courageous struggle for a noble cause should be considered success itself.
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