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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.”

“Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.”

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

“Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.”

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

“Never mistake activity for achievement.”

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.”