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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
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Respect a man, and he will do all the more.
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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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Others may have more ability than you, they may be larger, faster, quicker, better jumpers ... but no one should be your superior in respect to team spirit, loyalty, enthusiasm, cooperation, determination, industriousness, fight effort, and character.
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Dwelling in the past prevents doing something in the present.
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There are no big things, only a logical accumulation of little things done at a very high standard of performance.
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Do not get so concerned with making a living that you forget to make a life.
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I'm not afraid to die.
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It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
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The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success.
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The true leader isn't really looking for leadership. He's trying to set an example and be in the proper way to get the most productive results and don't realize it. When the followers get something done, if the leader has been what he should, they'll feel like they did it, not him. That's the way it should be.
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You have not taught until they have learned.
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How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.
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Kindness makes for much better teamwork.
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Happiness begins where selfishness ends.
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Discipline yourself - so others don't have to.
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We can agree to disagree, but we don’t need to be disagreeable.
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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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I am not as good as I ought to be. I am not as good as I want to be. I am not as good as I'm going to be. But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be.
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When opportunity comes it is too late to prepare.
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There is no great fun, satisfaction, or joy derived from doing something that's easy.
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