John Wooden Quotes
20 quotes from John Wooden — Legendary UCLA basketball coach who won 10 NCAA championships in 12 years, including 7 in a row..
“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”
“Never mistake activity for achievement.”
“Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.”
“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.”
“Be quick, but don't hurry.”
“You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.”
“You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.”
“Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.”
“If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”
“If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.”
“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.”
“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.”
“Make each day your masterpiece.”
“I never talked about winning to our players. When you start thinking about winning, you stop thinking about doing your job.”
“The Wooden Effect — where you concentrate your resources on your very best opportunities — is the fundamental principle behind Berkshire Hathaway.”
“I think they're permitting the game to become a little too physical today. I've been watching the games in the tournament. There's not a game when you don't see them on the floor a good part of the time. I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.”
“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.”
“How does one assess John Wooden? How does one assess a giant? Coach was gifted in so many ways that it is difficult to pin him down in a few words.”
“There is this perception of John Wooden that he is this saint-like creature and so calm, so reserved. But there is also the side of Coach Wooden that he is this caged tiger.”
