John Wooden Quotes

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

Future, Society, Single

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
John Wooden

Old, Keep, Reading

I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.
John Wooden

Time, Enjoy, Found

When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done.
John Wooden

Mistakes, Done, Hurry

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

Life, Living, Making

If I were a young coach today, I would be extremely careful in selecting assistants.
John Wooden

Today, Young, Careful

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

Great, Learning, Game

I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.
John Wooden

True, Common, Beliefs

I don't believe in praying to win.
John Wooden

I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.
John Wooden

Time, Past, Important

I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.
John Wooden

I'm glad I was a teacher.
John Wooden

I've been blessed in so many ways.
John Wooden

My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.
John Wooden

Good, Away, Around

Earn the right to be proud and confident.
John Wooden

Proud, Confident, Earn

I don't believe in fate.
John Wooden

I seldom was ever off my seat on the bench during the game.
John Wooden

Game, Off, Seldom

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

Beauty, Game, Become

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

Dad, Else, Anyone

I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.
John Wooden

School, Down, Before

I'm no wizard, and I don't like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don't want to be thought of in that way.
John Wooden

Thought, Light, Magician

I'm not afraid to die.
John Wooden

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 also opposed to protests that deny other people their rights.
John Wooden

War, Rights, Deny

If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.
John Wooden

Winning, Different, Fact

No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
John Wooden

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Coach

Born: October 14, 1910

Died: June 4, 2010

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