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You can’t do anything about yesterday, and the only way to improve tomorrow is by what you do right now.

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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Military Officer
Hall
Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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Yesterday
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