Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
JOHN WOODENBe 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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Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.
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If I am through learning, I am through.
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I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don’t criticize a teammate. Never be late.
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Be prepared and be honest.
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I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.
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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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I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.
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I’m not afraid to die.
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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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The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
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Make each day your masterpiece.
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I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.
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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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If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
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Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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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 takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it.
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Never make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes won’t believe them.
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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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Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
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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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Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
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It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
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A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
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Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
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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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