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The important things to me are your faith, your family and your friends. If you have that, you have everything.

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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Drink deeply from good books.
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It is important for us to see that our mentors are human and therefore fallible it makes our own shortcomings more tenable.
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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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You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes
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People want to believe you are sincerely interested in them as a person, not just what they can do for you.
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Success may result in winning, but winning does not necessarily mean you are a success.
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I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.
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Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.
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As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either.
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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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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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The eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition.
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What it comes down to, I believe, is that mentoring often involves telling people what they need to hear, rather than what they want to hear. When you are able to be humbly honest with someone about a situation with which you have personal experience-even if you risk angering or hurting that person-you are offering the most valuable gift of all.
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Always think of passing the ball before shooting it.
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You haven't taught until they've learned.
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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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Never complain about the officiating. It does no good. During the game I don't want to be fighting two opponents.
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