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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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Taught

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You cannot antagonize and be a positive influence, and you will antagonize when you discipline through emotion.
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Great leaders are always out front with a banner, instead of behind with a whip.
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While you, the leader, can teach many things, character is not taught easily to adults who arrive at your desk lacking it. Be cautious about taking on reclamation projects regardless of the talent they may possess. Have the courage to make character count among the qualities you seek in others.
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Give me 100 percent. You can't make up for a poor effort today by giving 110 percent tomorrow. You don't have 110 percent. You only have 100 percent, and that's what I want from you right now.
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Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable.
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Never try to be better than somebody else. But most importantly, never cease trying to be the best you can be.
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Ability is a poor man's wealth.
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Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.
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Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.
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It is normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is when you prevent either from affecting you in a negative matter.
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Opponents are working very hard to defeat us. Let's not do it for them by defeating ourselves from within.
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Being your best when your best is needed. The ability to enjoy challenges when things become difficult and to derive exhilaration from them.
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When you choose to become part of a team, you cease to exist as an individual.
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I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.
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Mistakes come from doing, but so does success.
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It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
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Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.
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Remember this your lifetime through: Tomorrow there will be more to do. And failure waits for all who stay With some success made yesterday. Tomorrow you must try once more, And even harder than before.
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You get ideas across better through listening and the pat-on-the-back method than you do with a kick on the pants.
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