John Wooden Quotes

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

I’ve always believed that hustle can make up for a lot of mistakes.

John Wooden focused almost entirely on improvement in the present moment. He let the score — winning — take care of itself. Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.

You must believe in what you're doing, that what you're doing is the proper thing, the right thing. And you must have faith that things will end up as they should, which doesn't mean as you want them to, but things will work out as they should.

Never try to be better than anyone else, but never cease to be the best you can be. That’s achievement.

SEEK SIGNIFICANT CHANGE • Never be content with performance or results. • Remove all excuses for getting to the next level. Don’t say “no”; ask

Seven Things to Do.” It read as follows: 1. Be true to yourself. 2. Help others. 3. Make each day your masterpiece. 4. Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible. 5. Make friendship a fine art. 6. Build a shelter against a rainy day. 7. Pray for guidance and count and give thanks for your blessings every day.

To my way of thinking, when you give your total effort — everything you have — the score can never make you a loser. And when you do less, it can’t somehow magically turn you into a winner.

The past cannot change what is to come. The work that you do each and every day is the only true way to improve and prepare yourself for what is to come. You cannot change the past, but you can influence the future by what you do today.” —

You never fail if you know in your heart that you did the best of which you are capable. I did my best. That is all I could do. Are you going to make mistakes? Of course. But it is not failure if you make the full effort.

Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody knows that but you.

A leader who is through learning is through.

don’t worry about whether you’re better than somebody else, but never cease trying to be the best you can become. You have control over that; the other you don’t.

Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don’t whine; don’t complain; don’t make excuses.

"If any one premise typifies my teams in all the years I've coached, it is this concept. Often as a player, I'd tell myself, "I may play someone better than I am, but I'll never run against one who is going to be in better condition" And I never played against a man in my life I felt was in better shape, and Lambert often cited me as an example of top conditioning."