Well, if you’re true to yourself you’re going to be true to everyone else.
JOHN WOODENIt’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
More John Wooden Quotes
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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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Teaching players during practices was what coaching was all about to me.
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The best competition I have is against myself to become better.
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Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better.
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It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
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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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Discipline yourself, and others won’t need to.
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Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.
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Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.
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We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.
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Never make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes won’t believe them.
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Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.
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It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.
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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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Be prepared and be honest.
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