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I don't think I was a fine game coach I think I was a good practice coach.

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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Next to love, balance is the most important thing.
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If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.
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There is great joy in doing something for somebody else with no thought in receiving anything in return.
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Every person under your supervision is different. They're all different. They're identical in most ways, but not in all ways. You have to study and analyze every individual under your supervision and try to work with them in a way that will be most productive.
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Confidence - Poise and confidence are not possible unless you have prepared correctly. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail. Poise and confidence are a natural result of proper preparation.
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The greatest failure of all is the failure to act when action is needed
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Mentors are available at all stages of your leadership life - early, middle and late. Seek them out and listen absorb their knowledge and use it.
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I'm no wizard, and I don't like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don't want to be thought of in that way.
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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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We are all equal in that we can all strive to become the best we are capable of becoming. We can always improve but we shouldn't compare ourselves to others. We get in trouble when we start trying to measure up to someone else.
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The team with the most talent usually wins.
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The eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition.
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We don’t have to be superstars or win championships…. All we have to do is learn to rise to every occasion, give our best effort, and make those around us better as we do it.
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It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.
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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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