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You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game, and you can win when you're outscored.
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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Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.
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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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Don't look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at time. That's the only way it happens-and when it happens, it lasts.
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I really believe that happiness comes from things that cannot taken away from you.
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Loyalty is very important when things get a little tough, as they often do when the challenge is great. Loyalty is a powerful force in producing one's individual best and more so in producing a team's best.
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All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.
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You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
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Earn the right to be proud and confident.
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Work without joy is drudgery. Drudgery does not produce champions, nor does it produce great organizations.
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Never allow anyone else to define your success.
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A leader’s most powerful ally is his or her own example.
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I'm no wizard, and I don't like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don't want to be thought of in that way.
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I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.
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