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John Wooden

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

-John Wooden

art

I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.

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beauty

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

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best

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.

-John Wooden

best

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.

-John Wooden

best

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.

-John Wooden

best

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

-John Wooden

best

No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.

-John Wooden

best

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

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change

We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.

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change

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

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courage

I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.

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dad

Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.

-John Wooden

dreams

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

-John Wooden

experience

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

-John Wooden

failure

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

-John Wooden

failure

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

faith

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

-John Wooden

family

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

-John Wooden

friendship

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

I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.

-John Wooden

future

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

-John Wooden

god

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

-John Wooden

good

You can do more good by being good than any other way.

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good

I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.

-John Wooden

good

My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.

-John Wooden

good

Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.

-John Wooden

great

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

-John Wooden

great

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

-John Wooden

learning

If I am through learning, I am through.

-John Wooden

learning

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

-John Wooden

learning

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

-John Wooden

life

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

-John Wooden

love

Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.

-John Wooden

love

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

-John Wooden

love

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

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

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.

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.

Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

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.

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

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.

I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

You can do more good by being good than any other way.

I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.

My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.

Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

If I am through learning, I am through.

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

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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