Quotes from John Wooden
You often find what you're looking for.
- John Wooden
It is the little things that are vital. Little things make the big things happen.
- John Wooden
Patience is the ability to wait and calmly preserve. We all grow impatient, but some people have more trouble waiting than others do. We tend to forget that all good things take time.
- John Wooden
For the strength of the pack is the wolf; and the strength of the wolf is the pack." —Rudyard Kipling
- John Wooden
The smallest good dead is better than the best intention
- John Wooden
It is most difficult in my mind, to seperate success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.
- John Wooden
Peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you're capable.
- John Wooden
Happiness is in many things. It's in love. It's in sharing. But most of all, it's in being at peace with yourself knowing that you are making the effort, the full effort, to do what is right.
- John Wooden
A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself for the group, for the good of the group — that's teamwork.
- John Wooden
Getting your people to think "Team First" is vital. It starts when you teach each member of the group how she or he contributes to the organization, when you make each one feel connected to the team's efforts, productivity, and ultimate success.
- John Wooden
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. —ALBERT EINSTEIN
- John Wooden
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave." It
- John Wooden