It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.
JOHN WOODENEarn the right to be proud and confident.
More John Wooden Quotes
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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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All of life is peaks and valleys. Don’t let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.
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Young people need models, not critics.
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I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.
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Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
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I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.
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Teaching players during practices was what coaching was all about to me.
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Well, if you’re true to yourself you’re going to be true to everyone else.
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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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Discipline yourself, and others won’t need to.
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Never lie, never cheat, never steal.
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No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
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We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.
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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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The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
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Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.
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Ability is a poor man’s wealth.
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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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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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When you hurry you’re more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you’re not quick you can’t get things done.
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The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
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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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Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
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I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.
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The best competition I have is against myself to become better.
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