John Wooden Quotes

"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." — John Wooden

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out." — John Wooden  

"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." — John Wooden  

"Young people need models, not critics" — John Wooden  

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." — John Wooden  

"It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it." — John Wooden  

"What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player." — John Wooden  

"I always tried to make clear that basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live. There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior. Until that is done, we are on an aimless course that runs in circles and goes nowhere." — John Wooden  

"A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment." — John Wooden  

"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful." — John Wooden  

"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen." — John Wooden  

"There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer." — John Wooden  

"If you get caught up in things over which you have no control, it will adversely affect those things over which you have control." — John Wooden  

"Our land is everything to us... I will tell you one of the things we remember on our land. We remember that our grandfathers paid for it - with their lives." — John Wooden  

"You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you." — John Wooden  

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." — John Wooden  

"Never mistake activity for achievement." — John Wooden  

"It isn't what you do, but how you do it." — John Wooden  

"Failure to prepare is preparing to fail." — John Wooden  

"The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones." — John Wooden  

"Success is peace of mind, a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming, and not just in a physical way: seek ye first the kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be yours as well." — John Wooden  

"It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit." — John Wooden  

"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but what you should have accomplished with your ability." — John Wooden  

"Things turn out best for people who make the best out of the way things turn out" — John Wooden  

"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming." — John Wooden  

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." — John Wooden  

"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts." — John Wooden  

"Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters." — John Wooden  

"Ability is a poor man's wealth." — John Wooden  

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