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Success travels in the company of very hard work. There is no trick, no easy way.
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 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 best competition I have is against myself to become better
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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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Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.
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Be slow to correct and quick to commend.
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We are all equal in that we can all strive to become the best we are capable of becoming. We can always improve but we shouldn't compare ourselves to others. We get in trouble when we start trying to measure up to someone else.
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Each of us has a huge capacity to learn and to achieve. Being ever alert makes the task of becoming all we are capable of becoming so much easier.
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The most powerful leadership tool you have is your personal example.
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Be quick without hurrying.
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Leadership is the ability to get individuals to work together for the common good and the best possible results while at the same time letting them know they did it themselves.
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I am not a strategic coach I am a practice coach.
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The coach must never forget that he is, first of all, a teacher. He must come (be present), see (diagnose), and conquer (correct). He must continuously be exploring for ways to improve himself in order that he may improve others and welcome every person and everything that maybe helpful to him.
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