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“Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”
― John Wooden

“You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.”
― John Wooden

“The key ingredient to stardom is the team.”
― John Wooden

“The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“A coach’s primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people.”
― John Wooden, A Game Plan for Life: The Power of Mentoring

“Coach Wooden didn’t treat everybody the same; he treated people the way they deserved to be treated.”
― John Wooden, A Game Plan for Life: The Power of Mentoring

“A mentor must always guide, never push. It was my job to listen to them, offer my perspective, and encourage them to pursue the ideals they believed to be true.”
― John Wooden, A Game Plan for Life: The Power of Mentoring