Tag: John Wooden
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In the end, it’s about the teaching, and what I always loved about coaching was the practices. Not the games, not the tournaments, not the alumni stuff. But teaching the players during practice was what coaching was all about to me.
John Wooden
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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
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Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
John Wooden
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I’d be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn’t enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I’m sure I would have never left.
John Wooden
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I’m not afraid to die.
John Wooden
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You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.
John Wooden
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If I were a young coach today, I would be extremely careful in selecting assistants.
John Wooden
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Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
John Wooden
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The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
John Wooden