John Wooden Quotes

Remember That a Great Quarter in Basketball or Business Starts with a Great Minute.

Personal greatness is not determined by the size of the job, but by the size of the effort one puts into the job. This applies to everyone on the team.

Ultimately, I believe that’s what leadership is all about: helping others to achieve their own greatness by helping the organization to succeed.

Team Spirit — an eagerness to sacrifice personal interests or glory for the welfare of all — is a tangible driving force that transforms individuals who are “doing their jobs correctly” into an organization whose members are totally committed to working at their highest levels for the good of the group. Members of such an organization are unselfish, considerate, and put the goals of the organization above their own, even at the expense of their own personal desires. When this happens — and the leader is the one who makes it happen — the result is almost magical.

Peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you’re capable.

The Star of the Team Is the Team.

You must define success as making the complete effort to maximize your ability, skills, and potential in whatever circumstances — good or bad — may exist.

When You Start Having All the Right Answers, You Will Stop Asking All the Right Questions. The path to success lies in the realization that there is always more to learn.

Too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.

I believe effective leaders are, first and foremost, good teachers. We are in the education business. Whether in class or on the court, my job was the same: to effectively teach those under my supervision how they could perform to the best of their ability in ways that best served the goals of our team. I believe the same is true for productive leaders in any organization.

For the strength of the pack is the wolf; and the strength of the wolf is the pack.” — Rudyard Kipling

If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.

I have prepared for death all of my life by the life I lived.” Socrates was at peace with himself.

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

Heavenly Father, help me to view the effort I give in every aspect of my life as a gift to You. Lord, teach me to work for You and not for people. I want to fulfill the plans You have for me — for Your glory. Thank You.