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I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.
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Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's two-sided.
John Wooden
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Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.
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It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
John Wooden -
Teaching players during practices was what coaching was all about to me.
John Wooden -
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
John Wooden -
We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.
John Wooden -
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.
John Wooden
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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 beat yourself. That’s the worst kind of defeat you’ll ever suffer.
John Wooden -
I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.
John Wooden -
Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.
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Make each day your masterpiece.
John Wooden -
The four laws of learning are: the first is demonstration of what you want. The second is the criticism of the demonstration. The third is the imitation of the correct model, and the fourth is repetition, over and over until it becomes habit where is you don’t think about it.
John Wooden
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Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.
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Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.
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Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
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When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done.
John Wooden -
I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.
John Wooden -
Somebody asked me - you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, 'I'm a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good.'
John Wooden
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I've been blessed in so many ways.
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Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be.
John Wooden -
There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.
John Wooden -
Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.
John Wooden