Quotes from John Wooden
Remember That Success Can Take Months—or Years—to Achieve but Can Be Undone in Minutes.
- John Wooden
Sometime you can do everything right and still lose. It's all a journey. You do your best, and then you have to let it go. Lots of people preach that, but come crunch time—oops, not so easy to do.
- John Wooden
Remember, discipline of others isn't punishment. You discipline to help, to improve, to correct, to prevent, not to punish, humiliate, or retaliate
- John Wooden
Be quick - but don't hurry.
- John Wooden
Politeness and courtesy are a small price to pay for the goodwill of others.
- John Wooden
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. -John Wooden
- John Wooden
SEEK THOSE WITH A FIRE-IN-THE-BELLY ENTHUSIASM FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION
- John Wooden
DON'T MISTAKE ACTIVITY FOR ACHIEVEMENT
- John Wooden
Ethics and Attitude Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Character is what you really are. Reputation is what people say you are. Character is more important.
- John Wooden
There is nothing stronger than gentleness
- John Wooden
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.
- John Wooden
Results matter. They matter a great deal. But if this is an organization's singular purpose, then the people who sign on are often doing it for the wrong reasons.
- John Wooden