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A good banker isn't careless with pennies a good leader isn't sloppy about details.
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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You control the terms of the conflict. Make them play your game. Don't try to play theirs.
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Passion is temporary. It doesn't last long. Love is enduring. And that's the important thing. If we all had love in our lives to the degree that we should, it would be much happier.
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I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.
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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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You will never outperform your inner circle.
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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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Fairness is giving all people the treatment they earn and deserve. It doesn't mean treating everyone alike.
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What it comes down to, I believe, is that mentoring often involves telling people what they need to hear, rather than what they want to hear. When you are able to be humbly honest with someone about a situation with which you have personal experience-even if you risk angering or hurting that person-you are offering the most valuable gift of all.
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If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.
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It's not how big you are, it's how big you play.
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Every day, try to help someone who can't reciprocate your kindness.
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Hardship brings people closer together if you share it.
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Adversity often produces an unexpected opportunity. Look for it ! Appreciate and utilize it! This is difficult to do if you're feeling sorry for yourself because you're faced with adversity.
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The most important thing in the world is family and love.
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Be quick but do not hurry.
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Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are
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Apply yourself everyday to just becoming a little bit better.
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All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.
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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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