John Wooden Quotes
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Never mistake activity for achievement.
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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.
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Make each day your masterpiece.
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Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.
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We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.
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I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.
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I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.
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You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
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You control the terms of the conflict. Make them play your game. Don’t try to play theirs.
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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.
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It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
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Don’t beat yourself. That’s the worst kind of defeat you’ll ever suffer.
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Ability is a poor man's wealth.
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Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.
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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.
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Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be.
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Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.
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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.
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The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
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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.
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Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
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Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.
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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.
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Somebody asked me - you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, 'I'm a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good.'