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Winning games, titles and championships isn't all it's cracked up to be, but getting there, the journey, is a lot more than it's cracked up to be.
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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Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.
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You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game, and you can win when you're outscored.
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You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes
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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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Great leaders are always out front with a banner, instead of behind with a whip.
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People ask me if I'd permit fancy things, like dunks. Well, if they did dunk, it was with no fancy flair. No behind-the-back dribbles or passes unless necessary. If it was for show, you were on the bench.
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You should never try to be better than someone else, you should always be learning from others. But you should never cease trying to be the best you could be because that's under your control and the other isn't.
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You are no better than anyone else and no one is better than you.
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It's too late for preparation when opportunity strikes.
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Understand there is a price to be paid for achieving anything of significance. You must be willing to pay the price.
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I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.
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Why do we dread adversity when we know that facing it is the only way to become stronger, smarter, better?
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I also wanted my basketball players to know that I really cared about them. Forget basketball as a person, I cared, I cared about their family.
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Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort. We are all imperfect and will fail on occasions, but fear of failure is the greatest failure of all.
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Don't get discouraged: it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.
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You have success within. It's up to you to bring it out.
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Every person under your supervision is different. They're all different. They're identical in most ways, but not in all ways. You have to study and analyze every individual under your supervision and try to work with them in a way that will be most productive.
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When the legs go, the heart soon follows
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Kindness makes for much better teamwork.
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