John Wooden Quotes
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You control the terms of the conflict. Make them play your game. Don’t try to play theirs.
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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.
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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.
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Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
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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.
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If I am through learning, I am through.
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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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I do not have the right, Bill, but I do have the right to say who is going to play on my team and we’re going to miss you.
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I'm not afraid to die.
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You can do more good by being good than any other way.
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Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.
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It isn't what you do, but how you do it.
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Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
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Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
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A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
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Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.
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If a player's not doing the things he should, put him on the bench. He'll come around.
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Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
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Young people need models, not critics.
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I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.
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I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.
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I met Tiger Woods when he was younger. He's amazing - obviously technically, but his mental approach, too. He's really something.
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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.
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I don't believe in praying to win.