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You are no better than anyone else and no one is better than you.

John Wooden

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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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The most important thing in the world is family and love.
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We’re all imperfect and we all have needs. The weak usually do not ask for help, so they stay weak. If we recognize that we are imperfect, we will ask for help and we will pray for the guidance necessary to bring positive results to whatever we are doing.
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The greatest failure of all is the failure to act when action is needed
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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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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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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
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I don't think I was a fine game coach I think I was a good practice coach.
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Selfishness is the greatest challenge for a coach. Most players are more concerned with making themselves better than the team.
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You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game, and you can win when you're outscored.
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It's not what you teach, it's what you emphasize.
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Mistakes come from doing, but so does success.
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Being true to ourselves doesn't make us people of integrity. Charles Manson was true to himself, and as a result, he rightly is spending the rest of his life in prison. Ultimately, being true to our Creator gives us the purest form of integrity.
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Passion is temporary. It doesn't last long. Love is enduring. And that's the important thing. If we all had love in our lives to the degree that we should, it would be much happier.
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Remember this, the choices you make in life, make you.
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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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Success travels in the company of very hard work. There is no trick, no easy way.
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