John Wooden Quotes

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

Character, Others, While

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

God, Humble, Grateful

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

Positive, Mistakes, Makes

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

Thankful, Friendship, Good

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

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
John Wooden

Live, Someone, Perfect

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

Success, Peace, Best

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

Great, Winning, Eyes

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

Success, Best, Become

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

Faith, Peace, Mind

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

Happen, Big, Details

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

Failure, Change, Might

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

Cannot, Interfere

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

Criticism, Either, Weakness

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
John Wooden

Free, Adversity, State

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

Feelings, Before, Others

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

Learning, After, Learn

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

Courage, Success, Failure

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
John Wooden

Yourself, Ability, Measure

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

Wisdom, Life, Smart

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

Someone, Give, Resentment

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.
John Wooden

Important, Person, Basketball

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
John Wooden

Team, Rest, Main

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

Friendship, Marriage, Nice

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Coach

Born: October 14, 1910

Died: June 4, 2010

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