A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
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.
More John Wooden Quotes
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Teaching players during practices was what coaching was all about to me.
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Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
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Well, if you’re true to yourself you’re going to be true to everyone else.
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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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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
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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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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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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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Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
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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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What is right is more important than who is right.
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Ability is a poor man’s wealth.
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Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.
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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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It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
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Be prepared and be honest.
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The most important thing in the world is family and love.
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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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Young people need models, not critics.
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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
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Don’t let making a living prevent you from making a life.
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Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.
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The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
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Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
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Passion is momentary; love is enduring.
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