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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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Strive to accomplish the very best you are capable of. Nothing less than your best effort will suffice.
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Every day, try to help someone who can't reciprocate your kindness.
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Kindness makes for much better teamwork.
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It's important to keep trying to do what you think is right no matter how hard it is or how often you fail. Never stop trying
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I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.
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Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.
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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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I don't think I was a fine game coach I think I was a good practice coach.
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Drink deeply from good books.
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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
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Respect a man, and he will do all the more.
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There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.
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Success may result in winning, but winning does not necessarily mean you are a success.
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Having the courage to make decisions and take action. Never be afraid to fail. You have nothing to fear if you have prepared to the best of your ability.
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It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
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Constantly be aware and observing. Always seek to improve yourself and the team.
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A coach's primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people
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You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By becoming a little better each and every day, over a period of time, you will become a lot better.
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