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We can agree to disagree, but we don’t need to be disagreeable.

John Wooden

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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
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I constantly caution our teams: 'Play your game, just play your game. Eventually, if you play your game, stick to your style, class will tell in the end.' This does not mean that we will always outscore our opponent, but it does insure that we will not beat ourselves.
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Character is more important than any other leadership trait.
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Ten strong horses could not pull an empty baby carriage if they worked independently of each other.
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Be quick without hurrying.
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You haven't taught until they've learned.
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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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The problem with new is you don't have time for the old ones.
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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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Great leaders are always out front with a banner, instead of behind with a whip.
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Losing does not make you a failure it is when you blame someone for losing when you become a failure
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Over-coaching can be more harmful than under-coaching. Keep it simple!
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To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character.
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When I was coaching I always considered myself a teacher. Teachers tend to follow the laws of learning better than coaches who do not have any teaching background. A coach is nothing more than a teacher. I used to encourage anyone who wanted to coach to get a degree in teaching so they could apply those principles to athletics.
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Be slow to correct and quick to commend.
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There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.
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When you choose to become part of a team, you cease to exist as an individual.
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Do not get so concerned with making a living that you forget to make a life.
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I never let our players get satisfied, I never let our Coaches get satisfied, I was never satisfied. We can always do it better.
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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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