Quotes from John Wooden
Cooperation - To get cooperation, you must give cooperation. Always seek to find the best way rather than insisting on your own way.
— John Wooden
You can do more good by being good than any other way.
— John Wooden
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
— John Wooden
Most people think of poise as calm, self-assured dignity; but I call it "just being you".
— John Wooden
Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
— John Wooden
As long as you try your best, you are never a failure. That is, unless you blame others.
— John Wooden
The greatest failure of all is the failure to act when action is needed
— John Wooden
Make a decision! Failure to act is often the biggest failure of all.
— John Wooden
Failure is not the crime. Low aim is.
— John Wooden
Tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember a story.
— John Wooden
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.
— John Wooden
How many of us have conflicts with someone else- and how many of us pray for that person? We have individuals with whom we are competitive, or whom we dislike or have a quarrel with; but very few of us have true enemies in the martial sense. And yet if Lincoln could pray fervently- and contemporary reports indicate he did- for the people who were opposing him, how much more can we do for someone we just find a little irritating?
— John Wooden