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Character Quotes by John Wooden
- Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
- How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.
- It is normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is when you prevent either from affecting you in a negative matter.
- While you, the leader, can teach many things, character is not taught easily to adults who arrive at your desk lacking it. Be cautious about…
- The true athlete should have character, not be a character
- Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody…
- Don't get discouraged: it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. Ability may get you to the top, but it…
- Be more interested in character than reputation
- Others may have more ability than you, they may be larger, faster, quicker, better jumpers ... but no one should be your superior in respect…
- 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…
- Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
- Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are
- The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.
- To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character.
- Worry about your character, not your reputation. Your character is who you are, and your reputetion is who people think you re.
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