A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
JOHN WOODENNever mistake activity for achievement.
More John Wooden Quotes
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No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
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The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
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It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
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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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It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it.
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Well, if you’re true to yourself you’re going to be true to everyone else.
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Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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I think that in any group activity – whether it be business, sports, or family – there has to be leadership or it won’t be successful.
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I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.
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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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Never lie, never cheat, never steal.
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Don’t let making a living prevent you from making a life.
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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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Discipline yourself, and others won’t need to.
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The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
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