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Winning breeds winning.

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
Breeds
Winning

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Selfishness is the greatest challenge for a coach. Most players are more concerned with making themselves better than the team.
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I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day
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Too often, we just ask for help instead of really giving thanks for the many things that we've had and are so helpful to us that we did nothing to deserve, so we should give thanks each and every day and pray for guidance in helping us along the proper path.
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Flexibility is the key to stability.
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Helping others is perhaps the greatest joy! You cannot have a perfect day without helping others with no thought of getting something in return.
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Once you become a good person, then you have a chance of becoming a good basketball player.
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I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.
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Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles.
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It's not how big you are, it's how big you play.
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When opportunity comes it is too late to prepare.
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Team spirit means you are willing to sacrifice personal considerations for the welfare of all. That defines a team player.
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If I did only what I wanted to do, I would not be obedient to the Creator. Sometimes He wants us to do certain things that we may not feel like doing. When it comes to what God asks of us, we need more than good intentions we need to follow through fully.
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Ability is a poor man's wealth.
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Motivating through fear may work in the short term to get people to do something, but over the long run I believe personal pride is a much greater motivator. It produces far better results that last for a much longer time.
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Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.
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Discipline yourself - so others don't have to.
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Details create success.
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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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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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The uphill climb is slow,but the downhill road is fast.
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