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The player who puts the ball through the hoop has ten hands.
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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Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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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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A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group - that's teamwork.
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You get ideas across better through listening and the pat-on-the-back method than you do with a kick on the pants.
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What a leader learns after you've learned it all counts most of all.
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Too many people look on outscoring someone as winning, I never tried to get that across to my players.
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Condition comes from hard work during practice and proper mental and moral conduct between practices.
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The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.
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A coach's primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people
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Our land is everything to us.... I will tell you one of the things we remember on our land. We remember that our grandfathers paid for it - with their lives.
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Strive to accomplish the very best you are capable of. Nothing less than your best effort will suffice.
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Don't whine, complain, or make excuses.
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Decisions are more apt to be accepted when you've listened to suggestions first. I wanted them to see the reason behind what I asked of them, not to do things just because I said so.
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