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We don’t have to be superstars or win championships…. All we have to do is learn to rise to every occasion, give our best effort, and make those around us better as we do it.

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
Better
Occasions
Giving
Rise
Every
Effort
Make
Winning
Superstars
Learn
Championships
Around
Superstar
Give
Occasion
Best
Championship

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