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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
Masterpiece
Later
Make
Life

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Promise yourself you will talk health, happiness, and prosperity as often as possible. Promise to think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best in yourself and others. Promise to forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements in the future.
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Earn the right to be proud and confident.
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The important things to me are your faith, your family and your friends. If you have that, you have everything.
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Understand there is a price to be paid for achieving anything of significance. You must be willing to pay the price.
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There are no big things, only a logical accumulation of little things done at a very high standard of performance.
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Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time
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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
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A Coach must never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority.
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It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
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Do passing drills that come from your offense.
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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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I am not a strategic coach I am a practice coach.
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Great leaders are always out front with a banner, instead of behind with a whip.
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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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I constantly caution our teams: 'Play your game, just play your game. Eventually, if you play your game, stick to your style, class will tell in the end.' This does not mean that we will always outscore our opponent, but it does insure that we will not beat ourselves.
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Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are
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Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. Focus all your effort on what is in your power to control.
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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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Profound responsibilities come with teaching and coaching. You can do so much good–or harm. It’s why I believe that next to parenting, teaching and coaching are the two most important professions in the world.
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Success may result in winning, but winning does not necessarily mean you are a success.
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