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" What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player. "
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. "
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" If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning. "
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" I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me. "
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" 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. "
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