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

John Wooden
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More Quotes By John Wooden
  1. 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.

  2. Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

  3. If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?

  4. It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

  5. Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.

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