Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
If I were a young coach today, I would be extremely careful in selecting assistants.
John Wooden
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Military Officer
Hall
Indiana
John Robert Wooden
Coaches
Extremely
Careful
Young
Today
Would
Selecting
Assistants
Coach
More quotes by John Wooden
Never try to be better than somebody else. But most importantly, never cease trying to be the best you can be.
John Wooden
Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.
John Wooden
When I am through learning, I am through.
John Wooden
I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.
John Wooden
Leadership is the ability to get individuals to work together for the common good and the best possible results while at the same time letting them know they did it themselves.
John Wooden
Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.
John Wooden
Be prepared and be honest.
John Wooden
Being your best when your best is needed. The ability to enjoy challenges when things become difficult and to derive exhilaration from them.
John Wooden
I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.
John Wooden
When you choose to become part of a team, you cease to exist as an individual.
John Wooden
I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.
John Wooden
Good judgment, common sense, and reason all fly out the window when emotions kick down your door.
John Wooden
Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
John Wooden
Don't think that you can make up for it by working twice as hard tomorrow. If you have it within your power to work twice as hard, why aren't you doing it now?
John Wooden
Most people think of poise as calm, self-assured dignity but I call it “just being you”.
John Wooden
I am not as good as I ought to be. I am not as good as I want to be. I am not as good as I'm going to be. But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be.
John Wooden
Great leaders are always out front with a banner, instead of behind with a whip.
John Wooden
Doing the best you are capable of doing is victory in itself, and less than that is defeat.
John Wooden
Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are
John Wooden
Details create success.
John Wooden
