John Wooden

John Wooden

"I was built up from my dad more than anyone else."
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"I was built up from my dad more than anyone else."
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"We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else."
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"All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low."
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"It isn't what you do, but how you do it."
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"Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you."
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"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."
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"Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life."
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"I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty."
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"There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much."
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"Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's two-sided."
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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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"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."
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"I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent."
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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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"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."
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"I met Tiger Woods when he was younger. He's amazing - obviously technically, but his mental approach, too. He's really something."
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"Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day."
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"Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day."
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"Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that."
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"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."
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