John Wooden Quotes


43 John Wooden quotes:



"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others thinkyou are."
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"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."
Author: Wooden Quotes Category: Ability Quotes American Musician Quotes
"Sports do not build character. They reveal it."
Author: Wooden Quotes Category: Character Quotes American Journalist Quotes
"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."
Author: Wooden Quotes Category: American Coach Quotes Conceit Quotes
"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
Author: Wooden Quotes Category: Time Quotes Achievement Quotes
"Young people need models, not critics..."
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"Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best."
Author: Wooden Quotes Category: Work Quotes Winners And Winning Quotes
"When you get to be 95, [travel] doesn't come as easily."
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"For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If you are not intent about what you are doing, you aren't able to resist the temptation to do something else that might be more fun at the moment."
Author: Wooden Quotes Category: Purpose Quotes
"Failure to prepare is preparing to fail."
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"Success is peace of mind, a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming, and not just in a physical way: seek ye first the kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be yours as well."
Author: Wooden Quotes Category: Success Quotes Mind Quotes
"Cervantes said the journey's better than the end. Practices, to me, were the journey."
Author: Wooden Quotes Category: Journey Quotes
"Young people need models, not critics"
Author: Wooden Quotes Category: Inspirational Quotes
"The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones."
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"I always tried to make clear that basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live. There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior. Until that is done, we are on an aimless course that runs in circles and goes nowhere."
Author: Wooden Quotes Category: Basketball Quotes Passion Quotes
"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."
Author: Wooden Quotes Category: American Coach Quotes Character Quotes
"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."
Author: Wooden Quotes Category: American Coach Quotes
"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."
Author: Wooden Quotes Category: American Coach Quotes
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
Author: Wooden Quotes Category: American Coach Quotes Critics And Criticism Quotes
"Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character."
Author: Wooden Quotes Category: American Coach Quotes Character Quotes



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