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Ability is a poor man’s wealth.

John Wooden

Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
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Dreams Give Up Motivational
Never make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes won’t believe them.
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Believe Excuse Friendship never
Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That’s in your power.
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Cease Encouragement Motivational Power
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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Goodness Thankful Want
Passion is momentary; love is enduring.
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Endurance Love One Liner Passion
I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don’t criticize a teammate. Never be late.
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Criticism Late Leadersship Player Rule
If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.
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Doer Mistake Motivational Positive
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
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Book Old Reading Worse
No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
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Honesty Perfection Reality
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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Friendship Marriage Nice Person
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
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Advice Inspirational Interfere
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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Basketball Experience Motivational Talent
I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.
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Important Past Spend Time
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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Ability Character Success
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
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Fame God Humble Man Talent
The most important thing in the world is family and love.
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Family Important Love World

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