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You should never try to be better than someone else, you should always be learning from others. But you should never cease trying to be the best you could be because that’s under your control and the other isn’t.

— John Wooden Interview on Charlie Rose (2000)

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You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

They Call Me Coach (1972)

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.

Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and Off the Court (1997)

The main ingredient of stardom, is the rest of the team.

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Failure is not fatal but failure to change might be.

Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and Off the Court (1997)

A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself for the group, for the good of the group — that’s teamwork.

IBM Linux Commercial: The Prodigy (2003)

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