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A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it
John Wooden
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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
Basketball Coach
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Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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