John Wooden Quotes

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
John Wooden

Character, Winning, Talent

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

Never mistake activity for achievement.
John Wooden

Mistake, Activity

It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
John Wooden

Important, Game, Starts

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.
John Wooden

Success, Peace, Best

Never lie, never cheat, never steal.
John Wooden

Lie, Cheat, Steal

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

Trust, Time, Find

Be prepared and be honest.
John Wooden

Honest, Prepared

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

Experience, Rather, Talent

Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.
John Wooden

Yourself, Others, Won

Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.
John Wooden

Today, Gone, Yesterday

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

Well, if you're true to yourself you're going to be true to everyone else.
John Wooden

Yourself, True, Else

Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.
John Wooden

Love, Hate, Important

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

Love, Family, Important

Ability is a poor man's wealth.
John Wooden

Poor, Wealth, Ability

If I am through learning, I am through.
John Wooden

Learning, Through

Young people need models, not critics.
John Wooden

Young, Critics, Models

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

Change, Basketball, Else

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

I think you have to be what you are. Don't try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.
John Wooden

Yourself, Try, Else

Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.
John Wooden

Greatest, Done, Thought

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

Life, High, Valleys

Passion is momentary; love is enduring.
John Wooden

Love, Passion, Enduring

You can do more good by being good than any other way.
John Wooden

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Coach

Born: October 14, 1910

Died: June 4, 2010

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