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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.

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
Understand
Anything
Achieving
Must
Significance
Price
Paid
Pay
Achieve
Willing

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