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We must be challenged to improve, and adversity is the challenger.

John Wooden

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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
Basketball Coach
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Military Officer
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Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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There is great joy in doing something for somebody else with no thought in receiving anything in return.
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Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.
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It is easier to reach our potential when we learn the value of including others in our quest.
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The team with the most talent usually wins.
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Next to love, balance is the most important thing.
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Being your best when your best is needed. The ability to enjoy challenges when things become difficult and to derive exhilaration from them.
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The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
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Helping others is perhaps the greatest joy! You cannot have a perfect day without helping others with no thought of getting something in return.
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Opponents are working very hard to defeat us. Let's not do it for them by defeating ourselves from within.
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Never complain about the officiating. It does no good. During the game I don't want to be fighting two opponents.
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Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.
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The best players don't win championships. The best team players win championships.
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A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group - that's teamwork.
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The outstanding coach is a teacher that gets all his squad to accept the role that he considers to be the most important for the welfare of all.
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Working with others makes us much more than we could ever become alone
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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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