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I don't believe in looking back. If you make a decision that you think is the proper one at a time, then that's the correct decision.
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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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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A life not lived for others is not a life, a game not played for others is not a game.
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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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I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day
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Earlier in life, I put family in front of faith. I've fixed that. But I always tried to keep work fourth on the list. I was proud when [my wife] Nellie told an interviewer, 'I never could tell whether John had a good practice or a bad practice, because he never brought it home'
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Work without joy is drudgery. Drudgery does not produce champions, nor does it produce great organizations.
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The Good Lord in his infinite wisdom, did not create us all equal when it comes to size, strength, appearance, or various aptitudes. But success is not being better than someone else, success is the peace of mind that is a direct result of self-satisfacti on in knowing that you gave your best effort to become the best of which you are capable.
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