John Wooden Quotes

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

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece.

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail . . . Never mistake activity for achievement . .

Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow.

Be true to yourself. You know what’s right. Don’t let someone else decide for you.

The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.” –Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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?

You and I must accept some accountability for future bloodshed if each and every day we don’t do something in our own way to alleviate prejudice in ourselves or others.

when coaches or parents make consistency their foundation, everyone around them becomes more comfortable and everyone around them has a greater opportunity to grow.

You often find what you’re looking for.

The vast majority of Americans are good: the mothers and fathers, the working people, the children, the vast overwhelming majority — millions and millions and millions. A small, small percentage are otherwise. They get the attention. But we mustn’t forget the tremendous good we have within us as a people. I have a very positive opinion of America and our citizens. My opinion of the media and what they try to tell us about ourselves is perhaps not quite as high (although there, too, the majority of them are good and mean well). The media play up what’s wrong more than what’s right, and most of what we have is right. As we work to correct what is wrong, we must always keep in mind all the things that are right with America and Americans.

If I am through learning, I am through.

I do not have the right, Bill, but I do have the right to say who is going to play on my team and we’re going to miss you.

I think parenting and coaching or teaching are the same thing. And they are the two most important professions in the world.

You control the terms of the conflict. Make them play your game. Don’t try to play theirs.