John Wooden Quotes

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.

You can’t live a perfect day until you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

The best leaders are lifelong learners; they take measures to create organizations that foster and inspire learning throughout. The most effective leaders are those who realize it’s what you learn after you know it all that counts most.

To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character.

You never stop trying.

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

three of the things we want most — happiness, freedom, and peace of mind — are always attained when we give them to others.