| Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. |
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| 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. |
Coach Wooden |
| Be prepared and be honest. |
Coach Wooden |
| You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one. |
Coach Wooden |
| You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. |
Coach Wooden |
| What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player. |
Coach Wooden |
| Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character. |
Coach Wooden |
| A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. |
Coach Wooden |
| I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent. |
Coach Wooden |
| If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? |
Coach Wooden |
| If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes. |
Coach Wooden |
| It isn't what you do, but how you do it. |
Coach Wooden |
| Ability is a poor man's wealth. |
Coach Wooden |
| Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be. |
Coach Wooden |
| Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the
feelings of others before your own rights. |
Coach Wooden |
| Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. |
Coach Wooden |
| Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. |
Coach Wooden |
| It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it. |
Coach Wooden |
| It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. |
Coach Wooden |
| It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen. |
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