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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Military Officer
Hall
Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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Leadership is the ability to get individuals to work together for the common good and the best possible results while at the same time letting them know they did it themselves.
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The athlete who says that something can't be done should never interrupt the one who's doing it
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How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.
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Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.
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Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.
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A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it
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There are little details in everything you do, and if you get away from any one of the little details, you're not teaching the thing as a whole. For it is little things which, together, make the whole. This, I think, is extremely important.
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Good players can take coaching great players can take coaching and learn.
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You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By becoming a little better each and every day, over a period of time, you will become a lot better.
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You are no better than anyone else and no one is better than you.
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We can plan a roadtrip or a workday down to the last detail but the unexpected will always arise. If we are not malleable, we will get left behind.
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Good judgment, common sense, and reason all fly out the window when emotions kick down your door.
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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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There is no great fun, satisfaction, or joy derived from doing something that's easy.
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Apply yourself everyday to just becoming a little bit better.
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I don't believe in looking back. If you make a decision that you think is the proper one at a time, then that's the correct decision.
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A mentor must always guide, never push. It was my job to listen to them, offer my perspective, and encourage them to pursue the ideals they believed to be true.
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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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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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Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.
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