Quotes about Attitude
Die christliche Sitte, träge aufrecht dazusitzen wie bei einer Unterhaltungsveranstaltung, deutet darauf hin, dass Gott als Unterhaltungskünstler gilt, der von der Bühne entfernt und durch eine andere Nummer ersetzt werden kann, wenn er nicht mehr unterhält.
- John Updike
If you're telling me I'm not mature, that's one thing I don't cry over since as far as I can make out it's the same thing as being dead.
- John Updike
Did I win? Did I lose? Those are the wrong questions. The correct question is: Did I make my best effort? That's what matters. The rest of it just gets in the way.
- John Wooden
During the toughest challenges in my life I've come to most appreciate all Coach Wooden means to me. The things he would say—"Don't lie, don't cheat, don't steal, don't whine, don't complain, don't make excuses; worry about the things you can control, and not the things you can't"—were endless. Yet there is an appropriate one for every situation. The real
- John Wooden
All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.
- John Wooden
Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out.
- John Wooden
Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out
- John Wooden
I had mistakes, plenty, but I had no failures
- John Wooden
Does worrying about it, complaining about it, change it? Nope, it just wastes your time. And if you complain about it to other people, you're also wasting their time. Nothing is gained by wasting all of that time.
- 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
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
Don't lie, don't cheat, don't steal; never whine, never complain, never make excuses.
- John Wooden