You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game. And you can win when you’re outscored.
JOHN WOODENWhat is right is more important than who is right.
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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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Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.
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Make each day your masterpiece.
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Discipline yourself, and others won’t need to.
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If I am through learning, I am through.
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Never mistake activity for achievement.
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Earn the right to be proud and confident.
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Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
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The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
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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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Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.
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Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
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Don’t let making a living prevent you from making a life.
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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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Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
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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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Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.
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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
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Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.
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The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
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We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.
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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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I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.
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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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It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.
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