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Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
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Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

by John Wooden
April 1997
Beginner content levelBeginner
240 pages
5h 3m
English
McGraw-Hill
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The Apex: Success

The highest point of a pyramid is called the apex. In our Pyramid, it is success. Above the block of competitive greatness and above patience and faith, at the very pinnacle, representing the culmination of all the qualities working together below, those powerful blocks we put in place, is success.

True success is attained only through the satisfaction of knowing you did everything within the limits of your ability to become the very best that you are capable of being.

Success is not perfection. You can never attain perfection as I understand it. Nevertheless, it is the goal.

Success is giving 100 percent of your effort, body, mind, and soul, to the struggle. That you can attain. That is success.

As a coach, leader, and teacher ...

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ISBN: 9780071507479