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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
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Big things are accomplished when we master the little things.
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Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better
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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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Working with others makes us much more than we could ever become alone
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I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.
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Condition comes from hard work during practice and proper mental and moral conduct between practices.
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A mentor must always guide, never push. It was my job to listen to them, offer my perspective, and encourage them to pursue the ideals they believed to be true.
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The uphill climb is slow,but the downhill road is fast.
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One of the greatest motivating factors is the pat on the back, although with some individuals, you have to make the pat a little lower or a little harder.
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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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Each of us has a huge capacity to learn and to achieve. Being ever alert makes the task of becoming all we are capable of becoming so much easier.
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Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.
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You will never outperform your inner circle.
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Make no mistake, I always want to win, but I never fight with an opponent. My fight is within me it is the struggle to be the best I can be at whatever I do.
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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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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
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Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
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The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success.
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Show me what you can do don't tell me what you can do.
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Good judgment, common sense, and reason all fly out the window when emotions kick down your door.
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