You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game. And you can win when you’re outscored.
JOHN WOODENTeaching players during practices was what coaching was all about to me.
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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
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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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Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
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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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Well, if you’re true to yourself you’re going to be true to everyone else.
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Earn the right to be proud and confident.
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Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit.
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I think that in any group activity – whether it be business, sports, or family – there has to be leadership or it won’t be successful.
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I think you have to be what you are. Don’t try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.
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The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.
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Never make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes won’t believe them.
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A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
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I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.
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