John Wooden Quotes
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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
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Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
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Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
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Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.
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The most important thing in the world is family and love.
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Earn the right to be proud and confident.
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Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
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Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
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I'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm also opposed to protests that deny other people their rights.
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I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.
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I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.
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I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people.
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The outstanding coach is a teacher that gets all his squad to accept the role that he considers to be the most important for the welfare of all.
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If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
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Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.
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Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
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Teaching players during practices was what coaching was all about to me.
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My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.
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Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.
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We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.
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Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.
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Never mistake activity for achievement.
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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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In the end, it's about the teaching, and what I always loved about coaching was the practices. Not the games, not the tournaments, not the alumni stuff. But teaching the players during practice was what coaching was all about to me.