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I am not as good as I ought to be. I am not as good as I want to be. I am not as good as I'm going to be. But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be.

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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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Good
Thankful
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Don't look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at time. That's the only way it happens-and when it happens, it lasts.
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We’re all imperfect and we all have needs. The weak usually do not ask for help, so they stay weak. If we recognize that we are imperfect, we will ask for help and we will pray for the guidance necessary to bring positive results to whatever we are doing.
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Promise yourself that you will talk health, happiness, and prosperity as often as possible.
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Never mistake activity for achievement.
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It's important to keep trying to do what you think is right no matter how hard it is or how often you fail. Never stop trying
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It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it.
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Be quick, but don't hurry.
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We must be challenged to improve, and adversity is the challenger.
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I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it wont be successful.
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Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles.
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I'm no wizard, and I don't like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don't want to be thought of in that way.
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Others may have more ability than you, they may be larger, faster, quicker, better jumpers ... but no one should be your superior in respect to team spirit, loyalty, enthusiasm, cooperation, determination, industriousness, fight effort, and character.
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Earn the right to be proud and confident.
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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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Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.
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You can respect a person without necessarily liking that individual.
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You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
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A mentor must always guide, never push. It was my job to listen to them, offer my perspective, and encourage them to pursue the ideals they believed to be true.
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Place the team above yourself always.
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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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