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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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If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
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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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When I am through learning, I am through.
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The close games are usually lost, rather than won. What I mean by that is games are mostly won because of the opponent making mistakes during crucial moments.
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I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.
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I'm no wizard, and I don't like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don't want to be thought of in that way.
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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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Helping others is perhaps the greatest joy! You cannot have a perfect day without helping others with no thought of getting something in return.
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When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur.
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The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.
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Working with others makes us much more than we could ever become alone
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While you, the leader, can teach many things, character is not taught easily to adults who arrive at your desk lacking it. Be cautious about taking on reclamation projects regardless of the talent they may possess. Have the courage to make character count among the qualities you seek in others.
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Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable.
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In spite of all that doctors know, and their studies never end, the best cure of all when spirits fall is a kind note from a friend.
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Motivating through fear may work in the short term to get people to do something, but over the long run I believe personal pride is a much greater motivator. It produces far better results that last for a much longer time.
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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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A coach's primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people
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There is no substitute for hard work. If you're looking for the easy way, if you're looking for the trick, you might get by for a while, but you will not be developing the talents that lie within you. There is simply no substitute for work.
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You are no better than anyone else and no one is better than you.
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Each of us must make the effort to contribute to the best of our ability according to our individual talents. And then we put all the individual talents together for the highest good of the group. Understanding that the good of the group comes first is fundamental to being a highly productive member of a team.
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