Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.
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John Wooden
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About John Wooden
John Robert Wooden was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed "the Wizard of Westwood", he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championships in a 12-year period as head coach for the UCLA Bruins, including a record seven in a row. No other team has won more than four in a row in Division I college men's or women's basketball. Within this period, his teams won an NCAA men's basketball record 88 consecutive games. Wooden won the prestigious Henry Iba Award…
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by John WoodenI'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm also opposed to protests that deny other people their rights.
There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.
I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.
I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.
There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
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…
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I'm glad I was a teacher.
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.
Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
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.
I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.
If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
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.
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.
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.
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-side…
Passion is momentary love is enduring.
Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.
The most important thing in the world is family and love.
Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.
Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.
If I am through learning, I am through.