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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Military Officer
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Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people.
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As long as you try your best, you are never a failure. That is, unless you blame others.
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The courageous struggle for a noble cause should be considered success itself.
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The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success.
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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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Be slow to correct and quick to commend.
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The best players don't win championships. The best team players win championships.
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My assistants and I often would spend more time planning a practice than the actual practice itself
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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
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Be quick without hurrying.
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It matters not the subject taught, nor all the books on all the shelves, What matters most, yes most of all, is what the teachers are themselves.
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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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Character is more important than any other leadership trait.
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Ability is a poor man's wealth.
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If we, as coaches, aren't teachers, we are nothing
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If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.
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Flexibility is the key to stability.
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Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time
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I am not as good as I ought to be. I am not as good as I want to be. I am not as good as I'm going to be. But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be.
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It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it.
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