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Make each day your masterpiece. Life is now. Life is not later on.

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
Make
Life
Masterpiece
Later

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Confidence comes from being prepared.
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Give me 100 percent. You can't make up for a poor effort today by giving 110 percent tomorrow. You don't have 110 percent. You only have 100 percent, and that's what I want from you right now.
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You can respect a person without necessarily liking that individual.
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Be prepared and be honest.
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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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We will begin by learning how to tie our shoes.
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The true leader isn't really looking for leadership. He's trying to set an example and be in the proper way to get the most productive results and don't realize it. When the followers get something done, if the leader has been what he should, they'll feel like they did it, not him. That's the way it should be.
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Too many people look on outscoring someone as winning, I never tried to get that across to my players.
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All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.
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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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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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If you do enough small things right, big things can happen
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You are no better than anyone else and no one is better than you.
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People ask me if I'd permit fancy things, like dunks. Well, if they did dunk, it was with no fancy flair. No behind-the-back dribbles or passes unless necessary. If it was for show, you were on the bench.
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Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are
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We are many, but are we much?
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Good players can take coaching great players can take coaching and learn.
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The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
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You control the terms of the conflict. Make them play your game. Don't try to play theirs.
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Decisions are more apt to be accepted when you've listened to suggestions first. I wanted them to see the reason behind what I asked of them, not to do things just because I said so.
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