John Wooden Quotes

Remember this your lifetime through:
Tomorrow there will be more to do.
And failure waits for all who stay
With some success made yesterday.
Tomorrow you must try once more,
And even harder than before.

Success is peace of mind in knowing you did your best.

Sposobnost može da te dovede na vrh al da bi opstao na vrhu, potreban ti je karakter.

I eventually became adept at wearing many different hats: teacher, of course, but also disciplinarian, demonstrator, counselor, role model, psychologist, motivator, timekeeper, quality control expert, talent judge, referee, organizer, and more.

It’s friendship when you do good things for each other. It’s showing concern and consideration.

The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

You will find that success and attention to details, the smallest details, usually go hand in hand, in basketball and elsewhere in your life.

"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."

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

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece.

what I say about leadership: “You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.

Long-Term Success Requires Short-Term Focus.

Achievement will continue at the same or a greater level only if you do not permit the infection of success to take hold of you and your organization. The symptom of that infection is called complacency. Contentment with past accomplishments or acceptance of the status quo can derail an organization quickly. In sports or business, getting to the top is difficult. One of the reasons staying there is so rare is because the infection sets in.