John Wooden Quotes
I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don't criticize a teammate. Never be late.
Quotes to Explore
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I believe in the free enterprise system.
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The hypothesis that economic organization is the resultant of a series of historic accidents is intructive in that many organizational innovations appear to be the result of trial and error.
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Well we really meant you to visit Paris in May, but the rhythm required two syllables.
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Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
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Hip Nip just sounds groovy. A drummer laid it on me.
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I have just joined the Board of the Population Institute because I am convinced that early stabilization of the world's population is important for the attainment of this objective.
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I have always meticulously storyboarded my films from beginning to end.
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I will necessarily say what it seems to me, given that I'm me.
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Men learn to call pain 'glory'; women learn to call the police.
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The ancient owls' nest must have burned.Hastily, all alone,a glistening armadillo left the scene,rose-flecked, head down, tail down
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All workers want is a fair shake.
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I'd describe my look as girly-edgy. I like black nail polish and eyeliner, but I'll wear them with pink shoes.
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I don't like psychiatry. I don't believe it works. I believe psychiatrists are neurotic or psychotic, for the most part.
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My parents didn't take me to the theatre to see Chekhov when I was growing up - we went to see 'Francie and Josie' once every five years.
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I knew I'd conquered America when Mike Tyson told me I was one mean lady.
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What I do is very spiritual to me. I can't really connect with things unless they are spiritual in nature, so I have to make acting spiritual for myself, and each role a spiritual journey for me.
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I learned a lot I wouldn't have learned roaming the streets of Dallas.
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Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and moving as one.
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Know that the tattoos are all significant. They're all extremely insignificant. I can't break each one down, but it's 20 years. The first one was 21 years of age from a football teammate.
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My favorite teammate of all time was Dan Reeves. Dan and I roomed together for four years. Dan's probably one of my best friends. I can understand him. He's from Americus, Ga., got that old, slow, southern drawl stuff. Dan's a great guy. Great competitor. He probably taught me more about football than any of the coaches did. He was still a student of the game. When you go from college to the pros, college football, yeah, you've got a playbook, but it ain't that big. Well when you get in the pros, you've got a playbook that's pretty thick. I was lost, really. But he showed me what to study and how to study.
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I'm completely Americanized - I have an American accent, an American wife - but a residue of me is foreign.
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Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.… If it’s important to you and you want to do it ‘eventually,’ just do it and correct course along the way.
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I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don't criticize a teammate. Never be late.
