Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
JOHN WOODENMake each day your masterpiece.
More John Wooden Quotes
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The best competition I have is against myself to become better.
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Discipline yourself, and others won’t need to.
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Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. 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 don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
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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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Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.
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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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It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
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We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.
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Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.
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I am not as good as I ought to be. I am not as good as I want to be. I am not as good as I’m going to be. But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be.
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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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You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game. And you can win when you’re outscored.
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Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
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