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Don't think that you can make up for it by working twice as hard tomorrow. If you have it within your power to work twice as hard, why aren't you doing it now?

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
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It matters not the subject taught, nor all the books on all the shelves, What matters most, yes most of all, is what the teachers are themselves.
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Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody truly knows that but you. But you are what matters most.
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Ability may get you to the top, nut it takes chracter to keep you there - mental, moral, and physical.
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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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The team with the most talent usually wins.
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Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.
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Adversity often produces an unexpected opportunity. Look for it ! Appreciate and utilize it! This is difficult to do if you're feeling sorry for yourself because you're faced with adversity.
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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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Dwelling in the past prevents doing something in the present.
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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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Losing does not make you a failure it is when you blame someone for losing when you become a failure
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I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.
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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
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