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Do not get so concerned with making a living that you forget to make a life.
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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Military Officer
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Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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Loyalty is very important when things get a little tough, as they often do when the challenge is great. Loyalty is a powerful force in producing one's individual best and more so in producing a team's best.
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Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.
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You have success within. It's up to you to bring it out.
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Never allow anyone else to define your success.
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It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.
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