John Wooden Quotes

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

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

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

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

If I am through learning, I am through.

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

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

Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be.

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

If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

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

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.

It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it bein your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, fromreligion.

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

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.

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

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

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

I'm glad I was a teacher.

Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.

Don’t be afraid to fail. The greatest failure of all is not to act when action is needed.

Good values are like a magnet, they attract good people.

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

Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.

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

Be more concerned with character than reputation. Character is what you are, reputation is what people think you are.

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.

A leader who is through learning is through.

Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.

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

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

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

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

When opportunity comes, it’s too late to prepare.

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.

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.

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

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

Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody knows that but you.

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

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

I'm not afraid to die.

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