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John Wooden
American
Coach
Born:
Oct 14
,
1910
Died:
Jun 4
,
2010
Best
Game
Good
Important
Think
You
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The most important thing in the world is family and love.
John Wooden
Love
Family
World
Important
Most
Most Important Thing
Important Thing
The Most Important
Thing
Relatable
Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
John Wooden
Success
Failure
Courage
Final
Never
Counts
Success Is
Fatal
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
John Wooden
Wisdom
God
Grateful
Humble
Be Grateful
Be Humble
Be Careful
Given
Conceit
Talent
Fame
God-Given
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.
John Wooden
Friendship
Thankful
Art
Good
Day
Bible
Yourself
Every Day
Guidance
Be True
Build
Thanks
Help Others
Every
Others
Books
Fine
Fine Art
Give
Drink
True
Blessings
Make
Masterpiece
Shelter
Pray
Pray For
Against
Your
Help
Each
Each Day
Deeply
Rainy
Rainy Day
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John Wooden
You
Brainy
Cannot
Interfere
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
John Wooden
Failure
Change
Might
Fatal
Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.
John Wooden
Life
Wisdom
You
Yourself
People
Smart
Surround Yourself
Whatever
Argue
Smart People
Surround
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
John Wooden
Character
You
Reputation
Think
Others
More
Merely
Concerned
Because
Than
While
Really
Your
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
John Wooden
Little Things
Big
Details
Vital
Make
Big Things
Happen
Little
Things
Things Happen
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
Success
Best
You
Peace
Result
Mind
Become
Self-Satisfaction
Peace Of Mind
Direct
Knowing
Becoming
Did
Which
Capable
Success Is
Your
If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
John Wooden
Positive
You
Mistakes
Making Mistakes
Doer
Makes
Making
Doing
Anything
Then
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
John Wooden
Best
People
Way
Out
For The People
Make
Turn
Who
Things
Never lie, never cheat, never steal.
John Wooden
Lie
Steal
Never
Cheat
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
John Wooden
You
Criticism
Weakness
Praise
Caught
Up
Get
Either
Passion is momentary; love is enduring.
John Wooden
Love
Love Is
Passion
Enduring
Momentary
Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
John Wooden
Dreams
You
Will
Give
Up
Your
Your Dreams
You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
John Wooden
Day
You
Will
Live
Able
Someone
Something
Perfect
Never
Without
Doing
Repay
Who
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
John Wooden
You
Learning
Counts
Know
Learn
After
Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.
John Wooden
Life
You
Money
Living
Prevent
Making
Making A Living
Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.
John Wooden
Friendship
Art
Good
Day
Yourself
Be True
Build
Help Others
Others
Books
Fine
Fine Art
Drink
True
Make
Masterpiece
Shelter
Against
Help
Each
Each Day
Deeply
Rainy
Rainy Day
A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
John Wooden
Correction
Someone
Give
Without
Causing
Coach
Who
Resentment
Well, if you're true to yourself you're going to be true to everyone else.
John Wooden
You
Yourself
Be True
Else
Everyone
Everyone Else
True
Well
Going
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
John Wooden
Character
Winning
Takes
Talent
Repeat
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
You
Marriage
Nice
Other
Someone
Something
Like
Because
Doing
Friend
Person
Just
Just Because
Nice Person
Each
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
Prayer
Peace
Mind
Important
Peace Of Mind
True
Most
Without
Arriving
Essential
The Most Important
Cannot
Which
Acquired
Many
Things
I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.
John Wooden
Teacher
Future
Single
Think
Society
Other
Our
More
Than
Any
Teaching
Profession
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