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John Wooden
Quotes by John Wooden
Quotes by John Wooden
“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”
John Wooden
“Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.”
John Wooden
“If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.”
John Wooden
“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”
John Wooden
“It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.”
John Wooden
“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.”
John Wooden
“If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”
John Wooden
“Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.”
John Wooden
“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.”
John Wooden
“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.”
John Wooden
“Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.”
John Wooden
“There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.”
John Wooden
“Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.”
John Wooden
“Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.”
John Wooden
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
John Wooden
“I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.”
John Wooden
“Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's two-sided.”
John Wooden
“Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.”
John Wooden
“Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.”
John Wooden
“The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.”
John Wooden
“Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”
John Wooden
“Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.”
John Wooden
“We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.”
John Wooden
“There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.”
John Wooden
“Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.”
John Wooden
“You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.”
John Wooden
“I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people.”
John Wooden
“I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don't criticize a teammate. Never be late.”
John Wooden
“Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.”
John Wooden
“Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.”
John Wooden
