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John Wooden

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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


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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.


— John Wooden


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It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.


— John Wooden


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


— John Wooden


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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


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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.


— John Wooden


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Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.


— John Wooden


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Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.


— John Wooden


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Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.


— John Wooden


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Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.


— John Wooden


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Did you know about John Wooden?

He was also selected for membership in the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Wooden also authored a lecture and a book about the Pyramid of Success. He left it as a national powerhouse with 10 national championships--arguably the most successful rebuilding project in college basketball history.

Wooden was renowned for his short simple inspirational messages to his players including his "Pyramid of Success". Nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood" he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period—seven in a row—as head coach at UCLA an unprecedented feat. As a player Wooden was the first to be named basketball All-American three times and he won a Helms National Championship at Purdue in 1932 seven years before the birth of the NCAA tournament.

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