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“In 1948, I began coaching basketball at UCLA. Each hour of practice we worked very hard. Each day we worked very hard. Each week we worked very hard. Each season we worked very hard. Four fourteen years we worked very hard and didn't win a national championship. However, a national championship was won in the fifteenth year. Another in the sixteenth. And eight more in the following ten years.”

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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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“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”

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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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“If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.”

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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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Book:The Greatest Coach Ever: Timeless Wisdom and Insights of John Wooden
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“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.”

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Book:Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle
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“It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.”

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“You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.”

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“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”

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“A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.”

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“It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

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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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“Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”

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Book:The Greatest Coach Ever: Timeless Wisdom and Insights of John Wooden
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“Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.”

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“The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.”

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“Never mistake activity for achievement.”

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Book:Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
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“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.”

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Book:Be Quick - But Don't Hurry: Finding Success in the Teachings of a Lifetime
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“Never did I want to call the first time-out during a game. Never. I wanted UCLA to come out and run our opponents so hard that they would be forced to call the first time-out just to catch their breath. At that first time-out the opponents would know, and we would know that they knew, who was in better condition. This has a psychological impact.”

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“I believe it’s impossible to claim you have taught, when there are students who have not learned. With that commitment, from my first year as an English teacher until my last as UCLA basketball teacher/coach, I was determined to make the effort to become the best teacher I could possibly be, not for my sake, but for all those who were placed under my supervision.”

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