John Wooden quotes

“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”

— John Wooden

“If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.”

— John Wooden

“Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.”

— John Wooden

“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.”

— 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

“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

“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.”

— 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

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