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" You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. "
John Wooden
Perfect
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" The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones. "
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" We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else. "
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" Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights. "
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" Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life. "
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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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" Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. "
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" Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. "
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" Be prepared and be honest. "
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" Earn the right to be proud and confident. "
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" It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. "
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" Ability is a poor man's wealth. "
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" If I am through learning, I am through. "
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" Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. "
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Out
" It isn't what you do, but how you do it. "
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" I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty. "
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" Discipline yourself, and others won't need to. "
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" 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. "
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Peace
Best
" Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be. "
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Fatal
Might
" 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. "
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" Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character. "
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Talent
Winning
" Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That's in your power. "
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Try
Never
" I seldom was ever off my seat on the bench during the game. "
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Seldom
Off
Game
" Passion is momentary; love is enduring. "
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Love Is
Love
Enduring
" Somebody asked me - you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, 'I'm a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good.' "
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You
Win
" I've been blessed in so many ways. "
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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. "
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Loved
Me
Practice
" I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don't criticize a teammate. Never be late. "
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Never
Late
Had
" I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me. "
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Time
Past
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" I'm not afraid to die. "
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