"[[John Wooden]], the legendary basketball coach, says **you aren’t a failure until you start to blame**. What he means is that you **can still be in the process of learning from your mistakes until you deny them**." ([Location 691](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01M036N60&location=691)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[denial]], [[acceptance]], [[ego]], [[failure]], [[slowing-down-not-stopping]], [[learning-and-development]] **Source** -- [[20250429082504 - B - Mindset]]