Never try to be better than somebody else. But most importantly, never cease trying to be the best you can be. - John Wooden

Don’t beat yourself. That’s the worst kind of defeat you’ll ever suffer.

Long-Term Success Requires Short-Term Focus.

if you do the following three things, you will be successful in major college basketball. If you don’t do them, it will be most difficult.” He didn’t say it would be impossible — typical of John Wooden — but he said it would be difficult. I was scrambling for my pen when he said, “Those three things are fairly simple: Number one, make certain, Dale, you always have better players than anybody you play. Now, with that locked up, make sure you always get the better players to put the team above themselves. And number three — this is very important, Dale Brown,” he said, “don’t try to be some coaching genius, or give the guys too much information, or too much stuff; always practice simplicity with constant repetition.