Coach John Wooden Quotes :
1. “The life lessons taught by John Wooden have become legend. Here’s a collection of some of the greatest “Woodenisms.”
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2. “Passion is momentary; love is enduring.”
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3. “If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.”
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4. “Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”
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5. “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
6. “Never mistake activity for achievement.”
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7. “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
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8. “Don’t let making a living prevent you from making a life.”
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9. “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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10. “Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.”– john wooden
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11. “The most important thing in the world is family and love.”
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12. “Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.”
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13. “Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.”
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14. “Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.”
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15. “Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.”– john wooden
16. “The most important thing in the world is family and love.”
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17. “You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.”
18. “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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19. “It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.”
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20. “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
21. “A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.”
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22. “Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.”
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23. “Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That’s in your power.”
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24. “Be prepared and be honest.”
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25. “We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.”– john wooden
26. “Earn the right to be proud and confident.”
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27. “I’m not afraid to die.”
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28. “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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29. “If I am through learning, I am through.”
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30. “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
31. “I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don’t criticize a teammate. Never be late.”
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32. “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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33. “Well, if you’re true to yourself you’re going to be true to everyone else.”
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34. “Ability is a poor man’s wealth.”
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35. “Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.”– john wooden
36. “You can do more good by being good than any other way.”
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37. “I’m glad I was a teacher.”
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38. “Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.”
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39. “Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”
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40. “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
41. “Never lie, never cheat, never steal.”
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42. “I don’t believe in fate.”
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43. “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.”
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44. “A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.”
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45. “Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be.”– john wooden
46. “I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.”
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47. “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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48. “I don’t think I was a fine game coach. I’m trying to be honest. I think I was a good practice coach.”
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49. “In the end, it’s about the teaching, and what I always loved about coaching was the practices. Not the games, not the tournaments, not the alumni stuff. But teaching the players during practice was what coaching was all about to me.”
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50. “I’d rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.”– john wooden
51. “I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.”
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52. “I seldom was ever off my seat on the bench during the game.”
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53. “I’ve been blessed in so many ways.”
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54. “If I were a young coach today, I would be extremely careful in selecting assistants.”
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55. “I think that in any group activity – whether it be business, sports, or family – there has to be leadership or it won’t be successful.”– john wooden
56. “You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game. And you can win when you’re outscored.”
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57. “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.”
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58. “The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.”
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59. “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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60. “I met Tiger Woods when he was younger. He’s amazing – obviously technically, but his mental approach, too. He’s really something.”– john wooden
61. “I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.”
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62. “No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
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63. “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.”
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64. “Young people need models, not critics.
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65. “Teaching players during practices was what coaching was all about to me.”– john wooden
66. “My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I’m still around.”
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67. “I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.”
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68. “If a player’s not doing the things he should, put him on the bench. He’ll come around. “
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69. “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.”
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70. “I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.”– john wooden
71. “I don’t believe in praying to win.”
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72. “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.”
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73. “The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.”
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74. “Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.”
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75. “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
76. “I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people.”
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77. “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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78. “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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79. “All of life is peaks and valleys. Don’t let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.”
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80. “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.”– john wooden
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