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Once you become a good person, then you have a chance of becoming a good basketball player.

John Wooden

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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
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John Robert Wooden
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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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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
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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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Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time
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Winning and losing aren't all they're cracked up to be, but the trip to the destination is.
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When we aren't alert, we miss opportunities to improve ourselves. We should always watch for circumstances or situations that can help or harm us and be eager to learn from these encounters.
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Do not get so concerned with making a living that you forget to make a life.
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Success travels in the company of very hard work. There is no trick, no easy way.
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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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You will never outperform your inner circle.
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There is no substitute for hard work. If you're looking for the easy way, if you're looking for the trick, you might get by for a while, but you will not be developing the talents that lie within you. There is simply no substitute for work.
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Being true to ourselves doesn't make us people of integrity. Charles Manson was true to himself, and as a result, he rightly is spending the rest of his life in prison. Ultimately, being true to our Creator gives us the purest form of integrity.
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Don't be afraid to fail. The greatest failure of all is failure to act when action is needed. Use the information that you've acquired in the past through the experiences you've had and act with self-control - but act.
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Cultivate the ability to make decisions and think alone. Do not be afraid of failure, but learn from it.
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Selfishness is the greatest challenge for a coach. Most players are more concerned with making themselves better than the team.
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Constantly be aware and observing. Always seek to improve yourself and the team.
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The best players don't win championships. The best team players win championships.
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We don’t have to be superstars or win championships…. All we have to do is learn to rise to every occasion, give our best effort, and make those around us better as we do it.
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If we, as coaches, aren't teachers, we are nothing
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Kindness makes for much better teamwork.
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