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You can respect a person without necessarily liking that individual.

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
Hall
Indiana
John Robert Wooden
Respect
Individual
Persons
Person
Without
Liking
Necessarily

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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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There is great joy in doing something for somebody else with no thought in receiving anything in return.
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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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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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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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There are three things an athlete must do. You must be in physical condition ... You must execute properly and quickly the fundamentals ... and you must have eagerness to sacrifice personal interests or glory for the welfare of the team.
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Intensity makes you stronger. Emotionalism makes you weaker.
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Love is the most powerful four letter word.
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A life not lived for others is not a life, a game not played for others is not a game.
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Great leaders are always out front with a banner, instead of behind with a whip.
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The Good Lord in his infinite wisdom, did not create us all equal when it comes to size, strength, appearance, or various aptitudes. But success is not being better than someone else, success is the peace of mind that is a direct result of self-satisfacti on in knowing that you gave your best effort to become the best of which you are capable.
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