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Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

John Wooden

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
A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
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Admit Forget Learning Mistake Recognize Value
It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.
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Count Knowledge Learning
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
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
Make each day your masterpiece.
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Inspirational Life Masterpiece Morning One Liner
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
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Advice Inspirational Interfere
The eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition.
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Explanation Imitation Law Learning
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
The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
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Children Father Love Mother
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
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Decision Inspirational People
The most important thing in the world is family and love.
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Family Important Love World
I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.
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Build Dad Father Transformation
Be prepared and be honest.
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Honesty One Liner Preparation
I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.
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Future Profession Society Teacher
Teaching players during practices was what coaching was all about to me.
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Coach Player Practice Teaching

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