John Wooden Quotes

I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent...

There is a choice you have to make in everything you do. So keep in mind that in the end, the choice...

Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That...

Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord,...

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

Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be.

I met Tiger Woods when he was younger. He's amazing - obviously technically, but his mental approach...

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

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

Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.

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

A leader who is through learning is through.

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make fr...

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effo...

Be quick, but don't hurry.

We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.

‎"Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own...

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

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

Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.

I'm not afraid to die.

If I am through learning, I am through.

I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.

It isn't what you do, but how you do it.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best ...

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without f...

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it bein your profession, your fam...

I'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm ...

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink ...

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most impo...

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

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.

I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patie...

I'm glad I was a teacher.

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single ...

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

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

When opportunity comes, it’s too late to prepare.

There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rat...

Be more concerned with character than reputation. Character is what you are, reputation is what peop...

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you reall...

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of knowing you did your best to become the best t...

Don’t be afraid to fail. The greatest failure of all is not to act when action is needed.

Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character,...

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

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be lea...

Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.

If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

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

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink ...

How many of us have conflicts with someone else- and how many of us pray for that person? We have in...

Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is mos...

Good values are like a magnet, they attract good people.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because the...