John Wooden Quotes About Coaches
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A coach's primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people
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A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
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Confidence comes from being prepared.
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I believe it’s impossible to claim you have taught, when there are students who have not learned. With that commitment, from my first year as an English teacher until my last as UCLA basketball teacher/coach, I was determined to make the effort to become the best teacher I could possibly be, not for my sake, but for all those who were placed under my supervision.
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Not everyone is equipped to be a leader, but in a sense, everyone is a leader to someone, even though you're not equipped. I think parents are a leader to youngsters, teacher are leaders, coaches are leaders, businessmen are leaders.
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The coach is first of all a teacher.
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Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
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Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.
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Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
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It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
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I am not a strategic coach; I am a practice coach.
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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.
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It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it.
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A player who makes a team great is better than a great player.
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While I made my living as a coach, I have lived my life to be a mentor-and to be mentored!-constantly.Everything in the world has been passed down. Every piece of knowledge is something that has been shared by someone else. If you understand it as I do, mentoring becomes your true legacy. It is the greatest inheritance you can give to others. It is why you get up every day-to teach and be taught.
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The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
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A Coach must never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority.
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Dictators lead through fear; good coaches do not.
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Happiness begins where selfishness ends.
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No matter how you total success in the coaching profession it all comes down to a single factor - talent. There may be a hundred great coaches of whom you have never heard in basketball, football, or any sport who will probably never receive the acclaim they deserve simply because they have not been blessed with the talent. Although not every coach can win consistently with talent, no coach can win without it.
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If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
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Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
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Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.
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Selfishness is the greatest challenge for a coach. Most players are more concerned with making themselves better than the team.
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I never let our players get satisfied, I never let our Coaches get satisfied, I was never satisfied. We can always do it better.
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I don't think I was a fine game coach I think I was a good practice coach.
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Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
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If we, as coaches, aren't teachers, we are nothing
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Never mistake activity for achievement.
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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
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