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It is important for us to see that our mentors are human and therefore fallible it makes our own shortcomings more tenable.
John Wooden
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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
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Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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The greatest failure of all is the failure to act when action is needed
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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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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
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I grew up on a farm. We learned that there was a season to plant, a season to water, and season to harvest. The planting and watering could be laborious, but without those stages, there would never be a harvest.
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It is normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is when you prevent either from affecting you in a negative matter.
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The true athlete should have character, not be a character
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A life not lived for others is not a life, a game not played for others is not a game.
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Don't whine, complain, or make excuses.
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Be quick but do not hurry.
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Give me 100 percent. You can't make up for a poor effort today by giving 110 percent tomorrow. You don't have 110 percent. You only have 100 percent, and that's what I want from you right now.
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Winning and losing aren't all they're cracked up to be, but the trip to the destination is.
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You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.
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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.
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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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The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.
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