John Wooden Quotes
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I'm glad I was a teacher.
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I seldom was ever off my seat on the bench during the game.
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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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I don't think I was a fine game coach. I'm trying to be honest. I think I was a good practice coach.
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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
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If I were a young coach today, I would be extremely careful in selecting assistants.
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Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow.
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What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.
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Passion is momentary; love is enduring.
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Be prepared and be honest.
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The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
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All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.
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I think you have to be what you are. Don't try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.
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I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don't criticize a teammate. Never be late.
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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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I don't believe in fate.
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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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If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
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Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
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It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
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If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.
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A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself for the group, for the good of the group - that’s teamwork.
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No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
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Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.