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Honors are very fleeting, just as fame is cherish friendship more.
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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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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You should never try to be better than someone else, you should always be learning from others. But you should never cease trying to be the best you could be because that's under your control and the other isn't.
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The eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition.
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It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it.
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Ability is a poor man's wealth.
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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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Big things are accomplished when we master the little things.
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The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.
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The outstanding coach is a teacher that gets all his squad to accept the role that he considers to be the most important for the welfare of all.
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Dwelling in the past prevents doing something in the present.
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The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.
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Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. Focus all your effort on what is in your power to control.
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Each of us must make the effort to contribute to the best of our ability according to our individual talents. And then we put all the individual talents together for the highest good of the group. Understanding that the good of the group comes first is fundamental to being a highly productive member of a team.
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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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Understand there is a price to be paid for achieving anything of significance. You must be willing to pay the price.
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People ask me if I'd permit fancy things, like dunks. Well, if they did dunk, it was with no fancy flair. No behind-the-back dribbles or passes unless necessary. If it was for show, you were on the bench.
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A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group - that's teamwork.
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The player who puts the ball through the hoop has ten hands.
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Motivating through fear may work in the short term to get people to do something, but over the long run I believe personal pride is a much greater motivator. It produces far better results that last for a much longer time.
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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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