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John Wooden

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I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.


— John Wooden


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Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.


— John Wooden


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All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.


— John Wooden


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I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.


— John Wooden


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When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done.


— John Wooden


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I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.


— John Wooden


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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.


— John Wooden


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I'm glad I was a teacher.


— John Wooden


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I've been blessed in so many ways.


— John Wooden


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My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.


— 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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