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Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating

John Wooden

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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Military Officer
Hall
Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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Educating
Model
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Roles

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Winning takes talent to repeat takes character.
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Next to love, balance is the most important thing.
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Helping others is perhaps the greatest joy! You cannot have a perfect day without helping others with no thought of getting something in return.
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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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You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game, and you can win when you're outscored.
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Big things are accomplished when we master the little things.
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If we, as coaches, aren't teachers, we are nothing
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Fairness is giving all people the treatment they earn and deserve. It doesn't mean treating everyone alike.
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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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It is easier to reach our potential when we learn the value of including others in our quest.
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I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.
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I'm not afraid to die.
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Dwelling in the past prevents doing something in the present.
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There are little details in everything you do, and if you get away from any one of the little details, you're not teaching the thing as a whole. For it is little things which, together, make the whole. This, I think, is extremely important.
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Be prepared and be honest.
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The best players don't win championships. The best team players win championships.
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Our titles would not have been possible without the unselfishness displayed by all our teams, the team wins, not the individuals
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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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It's not how big you are, it's how big you play.
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