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Mentors are available at all stages of your leadership life - early, middle and late. Seek them out and listen absorb their knowledge and use it.
John Wooden
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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
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Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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You cannot antagonize and be a positive influence, and you will antagonize when you discipline through emotion.
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Success travels in the company of very hard work. There is no trick, no easy way.
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For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If you are not intent about what you are doing, you aren't able to resist the temptation to do something else that might be more fun at the moment.
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When we aren't alert, we miss opportunities to improve ourselves. We should always watch for circumstances or situations that can help or harm us and be eager to learn from these encounters.
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Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.
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Great leaders are always out front with a banner, instead of behind with a whip.
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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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The greatest failure of all is the failure to act when action is needed
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The problem with new is you don't have time for the old ones.
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Give me 100 percent. You can't make up for a poor effort today by giving 110 percent tomorrow. You don't have 110 percent. You only have 100 percent, and that's what I want from you right now.
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It matters not the subject taught, nor all the books on all the shelves, What matters most, yes most of all, is what the teachers are themselves.
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If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
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Without organization and leadership toward a realistic goal, there is no chance of realizing more than a small percentage of your potential.
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Respect a man, and he will do all the more.
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Acquire peace of mind by making the effort to become the best of which you are capable.
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Strive to accomplish the very best you are capable of. Nothing less than your best effort will suffice.
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Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.
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Leaders must have patience for those under your supervision. Don't expect too much too soon. Maybe it was easy for you, but that doesn't mean it's going to be easy for somebody else. Be sure you have patience.
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Condition comes from hard work during practice and proper mental and moral conduct between practices.
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Any structure must have a strong foundation. The cornerstones anchor the foundation. For some reason the cornerstones that I chose to begin with I never changed.
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