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“Too many people look on outscoring someone as winning, I never tried to get that across to my players.”

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John Wooden is a legendary basketball player and coach, born on October 14, 1910, and passed away on June 4, 2010. His achievements and influence in the basketball world have made him one of the greatest figures in basketball history. more

“My bench never heard me mention winning. My whole emphasis was for each one of my players to try to learn to execute the fundamentals to the best of their ability. Not to try to be better than somebody else, but to learn from others, and never cease trying to be the best they could be; that's what I emphasized more than anything else.”

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“Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others.”

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“Any structure must have a strong foundation. The cornerstones anchor the foundation. For some reason the cornerstones that I chose to begin with I never changed.”

Reason Strong Changed Foundation Structure Never Change Anchors Cornerstones Strong Foundation

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“I think anyone's success depends on working hard, Industriousness and Enthusiasm, enjoying what you are doing. You can't work your best if you're not enjoying what you are doing. No way you can force yourself to.”

Ifs Thinking Way Hard Force Enjoy Depends Enthusiasm Doing You

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“Hardship brings people closer together if you share it.”

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“I also wanted my basketball players to know that I really cared about them. Forget basketball; as a person, I cared, I cared about their family.”

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“Leaders must have patience for those under your supervision. Don't expect too much too soon. Maybe it was easy for you, but that doesn't mean it's going to be easy for somebody else. Be sure you have patience.”

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“You must believe in what you're doing, that what you're doing is the proper thing, the right thing. And you must have faith that things will end up as they should, which doesn't mean as you want them to, but things will work out as they should.”

Want Should Believe Mean Ends Work Out Right Thing Have Faith Things Will Work Out

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“Effective leaders are, first and foremost, good teachers. We're in the education business.”

Firsts Leader Teacher Good Teacher

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