Quote

If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.

John Wooden

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

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
Point
Fact
Facts
Littles
Anything
Little
Different
Mentioned
Never
Winning

More quotes by John Wooden

Image
Champions are brilliant at the basics.
John Wooden
Image
We’re all imperfect and we all have needs. The weak usually do not ask for help, so they stay weak. If we recognize that we are imperfect, we will ask for help and we will pray for the guidance necessary to bring positive results to whatever we are doing.
John Wooden
Image
You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.
John Wooden
Image
I never let our players get satisfied, I never let our Coaches get satisfied, I was never satisfied. We can always do it better.
John Wooden
Image
When it's over and you look in the mirror, did you do the best you were capable of? If yes, you will probably be ok with the outcome
John Wooden
Image
Honors are very fleeting, just as fame is cherish friendship more.
John Wooden
Image
Remember this, the choices you make in life, make you.
John Wooden
Image
What it comes down to, I believe, is that mentoring often involves telling people what they need to hear, rather than what they want to hear. When you are able to be humbly honest with someone about a situation with which you have personal experience-even if you risk angering or hurting that person-you are offering the most valuable gift of all.
John Wooden
Image
It's too late for preparation when opportunity strikes.
John Wooden
Image
A mentor must always guide, never push. It was my job to listen to them, offer my perspective, and encourage them to pursue the ideals they believed to be true.
John Wooden
Image
Do not get so concerned with making a living that you forget to make a life.
John Wooden
Image
Make each day your masterpiece. Life is now. Life is not later on.
John Wooden
Image
Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.
John Wooden
Image
We will begin by learning how to tie our shoes.
John Wooden
Image
Fairness is giving all people the treatment they earn and deserve. It doesn't mean treating everyone alike.
John Wooden
Image
There is no substitute for hard work. If you're looking for the easy way, if you're looking for the trick, you might get by for a while, but you will not be developing the talents that lie within you. There is simply no substitute for work.
John Wooden
Image
Don't be afraid to fail. The greatest failure of all is failure to act when action is needed. Use the information that you've acquired in the past through the experiences you've had and act with self-control - but act.
John Wooden
Image
The athlete who says that something can't be done should never interrupt the one who's doing it
John Wooden
Image
While you, the leader, can teach many things, character is not taught easily to adults who arrive at your desk lacking it. Be cautious about taking on reclamation projects regardless of the talent they may possess. Have the courage to make character count among the qualities you seek in others.
John Wooden
Image
Too many people look on outscoring someone as winning, I never tried to get that across to my players.
John Wooden