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You have success within. It's up to you to bring it out.

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
Bring
Within
Success

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The best competition I have is against myself to become better
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If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.
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Ability may get you to the top, nut it takes chracter to keep you there - mental, moral, and physical.
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I constantly caution our teams: 'Play your game, just play your game. Eventually, if you play your game, stick to your style, class will tell in the end.' This does not mean that we will always outscore our opponent, but it does insure that we will not beat ourselves.
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Ability is a poor man's wealth.
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I'm not afraid to die.
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It's not what you teach, it's what you emphasize.
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Work without joy is drudgery. Drudgery does not produce champions, nor does it produce great organizations.
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The coach must never forget that he is, first of all, a teacher. He must come (be present), see (diagnose), and conquer (correct). He must continuously be exploring for ways to improve himself in order that he may improve others and welcome every person and everything that maybe helpful to him.
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I am not a strategic coach I am a practice coach.
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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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You can respect a person without necessarily liking that individual.
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Do not get so concerned with making a living that you forget to make a life.
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Respect a man, and he will do all the more.
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The best players don't win championships. The best team players win championships.
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Winning takes talent to repeat takes character.
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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
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I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it wont be successful.
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Honors are very fleeting, just as fame is cherish friendship more.
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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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