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The time to prepare isn't after you have been given the opportunity. It's long before that opportunity arises. Once the opportunity arrives, it's too late to prepare.
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
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Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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Show me what you can do don't tell me what you can do.
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The coach must never forget that he is, first of all, a teacher. He must come (be present), see (diagnose), and conquer (correct). He must continuously be exploring for ways to improve himself in order that he may improve others and welcome every person and everything that maybe helpful to him.
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If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.
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Make each day your masterpiece. Life is now. Life is not later on.
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I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it wont be successful.
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Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody truly knows that but you. But you are what matters most.
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