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Hardship brings people closer together if you share it.

John Wooden

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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
Basketball Coach
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Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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Our land is everything to us.... I will tell you one of the things we remember on our land. We remember that our grandfathers paid for it - with their lives.
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How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.
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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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Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.
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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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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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When opportunity comes it is too late to prepare.
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Promise yourself to make all your friends know there is something in them that is special and that you value.
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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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It is normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is when you prevent either from affecting you in a negative matter.
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A knowledge of and the ability to properly and quickly execute the fundamentals. Be prepared and cover every little detail.
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It's important to keep trying to do what you think is right no matter how hard it is or how often you fail. Never stop trying
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Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles.
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Don't look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at time. That's the only way it happens-and when it happens, it lasts.
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When I am through learning, I am through.
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The score will take care of itself when you take care of the effort that precedes the score.
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There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.
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I grew up on a farm. We learned that there was a season to plant, a season to water, and season to harvest. The planting and watering could be laborious, but without those stages, there would never be a harvest.
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Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.
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To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character.
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