John Wooden - They call me coach (1972)

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There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.

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Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

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A life not lived for others is not a life, a game not played for others is not a game.

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Once you become a good person, then you have a chance of becoming a good basketball player.

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It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

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Without organization and leadership toward a realistic goal, there is no chance of realizing more than a small percentage of your potential.

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It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.

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You cannot attain and maintain physical condition unless you are morally and mentally conditioned. And it is impossible to be in moral condition unless you are spiritually conditioned. I always told my players that our team condition depended on two factors / how hard they worked on the floor during practice and how well they behaved between practices.

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You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

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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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Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow

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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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The main ingredient of stardom, is the rest of the team.

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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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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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