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Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time
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You should never try to be better than someone else, you should always be learning from others. But you should never cease trying to be the best you could be because that's under your control and the other isn't.
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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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The main ingredient of stardom, is the rest of the team.
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Work without joy is drudgery. Drudgery does not produce champions, nor does it produce great organizations.
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Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody truly knows that but you. But you are what matters most.
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We don't have to be superstars or win championships…. All we have to do is learn to rise to every occasion, give our best effort, and make those around us better as we do it.
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Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.
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I do not judge success based on championships; rather, I judge it on how close we came to realizing our potential
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As a leader, you must be filled with energy and eagerness, joy and love for what you do. If you lack enthusiasm for your job, you cannot perform to the best of your ability. Industriousness is unattainable without Enthusiasm.
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Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are
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People ask me if I'd permit fancy things, like dunks. Well, if they did dunk, it was with no fancy flair. No behind-the-back dribbles or passes unless necessary. If it was for show, you were on the bench.
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Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.
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Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.
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Be observing constantly. Stay open-minded. Be eager to learn and improve.
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Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.
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Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.
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No building is better than its structural foundation, and no man (woman) is better than his (her) mental foundation. When I prepared my original Success Pyramid years ago, I put industriousness and enthusiasm as the two cornerstones with LOYALTY right in the middle of the pyramid - Loyalty to yourself and to all those dependent upon you.
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It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.
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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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For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If you are not intent about what you are doing, you aren't able to resist the temptation to do something else that might be more fun at the moment.
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Remember this your lifetime through: Tomorrow there will be more to do. And failure waits for all who stay With some success made yesterday. Tomorrow you must try once more, And even harder than before.
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There is no substitute for work. Worthwhile results come from hard work and careful planning.
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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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You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.
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Born:
October 14, 1910
Died:
June 4, 2010
(aged 99)
Bio:
John Robert Wooden was an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood," as head coach at UCLA he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period, including an unprecedented seven in a row.
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They call me coach (1972)
Inch and Miles (2003)
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