John Wooden
American basketball coach, 1910-2010
99 quotes.
Quotes by John Wooden
- There is no substitute for work. Worthwhile results come from hard work and careful planning.
- There is nothing stronger than gentleness.
- Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
- Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.
- Understand there is a price to be paid for achieving anything of significance. You must be willing to pay the price.
- We can agree to disagree, but we don’t need to be disagreeable.
- Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.
- When you fail to prepare, you’re preparing to fail.
- Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
- You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes.
- You can always do more than you think you can.
- You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
- You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.
- You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By becoming a little better each and every day, over a period of time, you will become a lot better.
- You haven’t taught until they’ve learned.
- You should never try to be better than someone else, you should always be learning from others. But you should never cease trying to be the best you could be because that’s under your control and the other isn’t.
- Young people need models, not critics.
- Your reputation is what you’re perceived to be. Your character is what you really are.
- There is a choice you have to make in everything you do. So keep in mind that in the end, the choice you make, makes you.