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John Wooden Quotes | Quotes said by John Wooden

  • John Wooden Quote #1

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


  • John Wooden Quote #2

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

  • John Wooden Quote #3

    A leader who is through learning is through.

  • John Wooden Quote #4

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

  • John Wooden Quote #5

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

  • John Wooden Quote #6

    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 Quote #7

    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 Quote #8

    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.

  • John Wooden Quote #9

    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.

  • John Wooden Quote #10

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

  • John Wooden Quote #11

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

  • John Wooden Quote #12

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

  • John Wooden Quote #13

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

  • John Wooden Quote #14

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

  • John Wooden Quote #15

    Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

  • John Wooden Quote #16

    Don't mistake activity with achievement.

  • John Wooden Quote #17

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

  • John Wooden Quote #18

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

  • John Wooden Quote #19

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

  • John Wooden Quote #20

    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 Quote #21

    How many of us have conflicts with someone else- and how many of us pray for that person? We have individuals with whom we are competitive, or whom we dislike or have a quarrel with; but very few of us have true enemies in the martial sense. And yet if Lincoln could pray fervently- and contemporary reports indicate he did- for the people who were opposing him, how much more can we do for someone we just find a little irritating?

  • John Wooden Quote #22

    I met Tiger Woods when he was younger. He's amazing - obviously technically, but his mental approach, too. He's really something.

  • John Wooden Quote #23

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

  • John Wooden Quote #24

    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 Quote #25

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

  • John Wooden Quote #26

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

  • John Wooden Quote #27

    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.

  • John Wooden Quote #28

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

  • John Wooden Quote #29

    I'm glad I was a teacher.

  • John Wooden Quote #30

    I'm not afraid to die.

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