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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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I constantly caution our teams: 'Play your game, just play your game. Eventually, if you play your game, stick to your style, class will tell in the end.' This does not mean that we will always outscore our opponent, but it does insure that we will not beat ourselves.
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Be quick, but don't hurry.
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When the legs go, the heart soon follows
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How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.
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Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort. We are all imperfect and will fail on occasions, but fear of failure is the greatest failure of all.
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Never confuse activity with accomplishment.
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Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
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Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are
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In life, worthwhile accomplishments and acquisitions take time. Usually the better the reward, the more time it takes to acquire it.
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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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If you do enough small things right, big things can happen
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Champions are brilliant at the basics.
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Don't get discouraged: it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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I never yelled at my players much. That would have been artificial stimulation, which doesn't last very long. I think it's like love and passion. Passion won't last as long as love. When you are dependent on passion, you need more and more of it to make it work. It's the same with yelling.
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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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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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I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.
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When I am through learning, I am through.
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There are little details in everything you do, and if you get away from any one of the little details, you're not teaching the thing as a whole. For it is little things which, together, make the whole. This, I think, is extremely important.
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