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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
Basketball Coach
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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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It's not how big you are, it's how big you play.
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Make no mistake, I always want to win, but I never fight with an opponent. My fight is within me it is the struggle to be the best I can be at whatever I do.
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Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better
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In spite of all that doctors know, and their studies never end, the best cure of all when spirits fall is a kind note from a friend.
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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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Winning games, titles and championships isn't all it's cracked up to be, but getting there, the journey, is a lot more than it's cracked up to be.
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Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.
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Discipline of others isn't punishment. You discipline to help, to improve, to correct, to prevent, not to punish, humiliate, or retaliate.
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You get ideas across better through listening and the pat-on-the-back method than you do with a kick on the pants.
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It is important for us to see that our mentors are human and therefore fallible it makes our own shortcomings more tenable.
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I am not a strategic coach I am a practice coach.
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Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
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I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day
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Opponents are working very hard to defeat us. Let's not do it for them by defeating ourselves from within.
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When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur.
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We can agree to disagree, but we don’t need to be disagreeable.
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The close games are usually lost, rather than won. What I mean by that is games are mostly won because of the opponent making mistakes during crucial moments.
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I don't believe in looking back. If you make a decision that you think is the proper one at a time, then that's the correct decision.
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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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