Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
JOHN WOODENEarn the right to be proud and confident.
More John Wooden Quotes
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I’m not afraid to die.
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No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
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There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.
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I don’t believe in praying to win.
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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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I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.
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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 just a common man who is true to his beliefs.
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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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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
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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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All of life is peaks and valleys. Don’t let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.
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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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The best competition I have is against myself to become better.
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It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
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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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Ability is a poor man’s wealth.
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The eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition.
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A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
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Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
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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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Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
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It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
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A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
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