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Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles.
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Success is peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction and knowing you've made the effort, do the best of what you're capable.
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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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A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
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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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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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Practice self-discipline and keep emotions under control. Good judgment and common sense are essential.
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Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.
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The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.
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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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Although there is no progress without change, not all change is progress.
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It's important to keep trying to do what you think is right no matter how hard it is or how often you fail. Never stop trying
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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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Don't beat yourself. That's the worst kind of defeat you'll ever suffer.
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There is a choice you have to make in everything you do. So keep in mind that in the end, the choice you make, makes you.
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Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow
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Being average means you are as close to the bottom as you are to the top.
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Good things take time, as they should. We shouldn't expect good things to happen overnight. Actually, getting something too easily or too soon can cheapen the outcome.
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Adaptability is being able to adjust to any situation at any given time.
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The more concerned we become over the things we can't control, the less we will do with the things we can control
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If I were ever prosecuted for my religion, I truly hope there would be enough evidence to convict me.
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The best competition I have is against myself to become better
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A knowledge of and the ability to properly and quickly execute the fundamentals. Be prepared and cover every little detail.
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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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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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