American - Coach | October 14, 1910 - June 4, 2010
I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.
John Wooden
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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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I don't believe in praying to win.
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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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Ability is a poor man's wealth.
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I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.
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I don't believe in fate.
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I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.
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If I were a young coach today, I would be extremely careful in selecting assistants.
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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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No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
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I'm glad I was a teacher.
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