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Show me what you can do don't tell me what you can do.

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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
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The score will take care of itself when you take care of the effort that precedes the score.
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Character is more important than any other leadership trait.
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Confidence - Poise and confidence are not possible unless you have prepared correctly. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail. Poise and confidence are a natural result of proper preparation.
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I seldom was ever off my seat on the bench during the game.
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Our land is everything to us.... I will tell you one of the things we remember on our land. We remember that our grandfathers paid for it - with their lives.
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Do not get so concerned with making a living that you forget to make a life.
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Never complain about the officiating. It does no good. During the game I don't want to be fighting two opponents.
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The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.
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The courageous struggle for a noble cause should be considered success itself.
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I'm not afraid to die.
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The problem with new is you don't have time for the old ones.
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When the legs go, the heart soon follows
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It is harmful to compare yourself to others. Others will do that for you.
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When opportunity comes it is too late to prepare.
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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
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Being true to ourselves doesn't make us people of integrity. Charles Manson was true to himself, and as a result, he rightly is spending the rest of his life in prison. Ultimately, being true to our Creator gives us the purest form of integrity.
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