Never make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes won’t believe them.
JOHN WOODENWinning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
More John Wooden Quotes
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Ability is a poor man’s wealth.
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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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Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.
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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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Young people need models, not critics.
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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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The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
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I don’t believe in fate.
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Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better.
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What is right is more important than who is right.
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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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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 eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition.
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Teaching players during practices was what coaching was all about to me.
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It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
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