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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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John Robert Wooden
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When I was coaching I always considered myself a teacher. Teachers tend to follow the laws of learning better than coaches who do not have any teaching background. A coach is nothing more than a teacher. I used to encourage anyone who wanted to coach to get a degree in teaching so they could apply those principles to athletics.
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If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.
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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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I've never stopped trying to do what's right. I'm not doing it to earn favor with God. I'm doing it because it's the right thing to do.
John Wooden
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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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My philosophy of defense is to keep the pressure on an opponent until you get to his emotions
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Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
John Wooden
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Every day, try to help someone who can't reciprocate your kindness.
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Promise yourself to make all your friends know there is something in them that is special and that you value.
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No individual should take the blame for a loss, because no individual should get the credit for a victory.
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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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Our titles would not have been possible without the unselfishness displayed by all our teams, the team wins, not the individuals
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It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.
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We are all equal in that we can all strive to become the best we are capable of becoming. We can always improve but we shouldn't compare ourselves to others. We get in trouble when we start trying to measure up to someone else.
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It is easier to reach our potential when we learn the value of including others in our quest.
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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
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All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.
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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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Kindness makes for much better teamwork.
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The true athlete should have character, not be a character
John Wooden