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Famous John Wooden Quotes
“Be at your best when your best is needed.”
“The choice you make, makes you.”
“A coach's primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people”
“Every day, try to help someone who can't reciprocate your kindness.”
“It is harmful to compare yourself to others. Others will do that for you.”
“Success may result in winning, but winning does not necessarily mean you are a success.”
“Working with others makes us much more than we could ever become alone”
“What a leader learns after you've learned it all counts most of all.”
“The greatest failure of all is the failure to act when action is needed”
“First, do not betray yourself. Second, do not betray those you lead.”
“IF you are not making mistakes, then you are not doing anything.”
“When you are through learning you are through.”
“The most powerful leadership tool you have is your personal example.”
“Never be thrown off stride in how you behave or what you believe in because of outside events.”
“Acquire peace of mind by making the effort to become the best of which you are capable.”
“I never met a person from whom I did not learn something.”
“Kindness makes for much better teamwork.”
“If you do enough small things right, big things can happen”
“When you choose to become part of a team, you cease to exist as an individual.”
“Why can't we have patience and expect good things to take time?”