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I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don’t criticize a teammate. Never be late.

John Wooden

Well, if you’re true to yourself you’re going to be true to everyone else.
JOHN WOODEN

Inspirational True Yourself
No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
JOHN WOODEN

Honesty Perfection Reality
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.
JOHN WOODEN

Friendship Marriage Nice Person
It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.
JOHN WOODEN

Count Knowledge Learning
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
JOHN WOODEN

Book Old Reading Worse
The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
JOHN WOODEN

Children Father Love Mother
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.
JOHN WOODEN

Goodness Thankful Want
It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
JOHN WOODEN

Basketball Finish Game Important Motivational Start
If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
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Motivational Right Time
The best competition I have is against myself to become better.
JOHN WOODEN

Againstm Myself Competition Hustle
Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.
JOHN WOODEN

Argument Entrepreneur Life People Smart Surround
A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
JOHN WOODEN

Admit Forget Learning Mistake Recognize Value
I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.
JOHN WOODEN

Important Past Spend Time
I don’t believe in praying to win.
JOHN WOODEN

Basketball Believe Pray Win
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.
JOHN WOODEN

Arrive Essential Faith Important Mind Peace Prayer
What is right is more important than who is right.
JOHN WOODEN

Important Justice Right

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