Quote

Discipline of others isn't punishment. You discipline to help, to improve, to correct, to prevent, not to punish, humiliate, or retaliate.

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
Help
Punish
Inspirational
Prevent
Helping
Correct
Others
Improve
Punishment
Athlete
Discipline
Retaliate
Sports
Humiliate

More quotes by John Wooden

Image
Good players can take coaching great players can take coaching and learn.
John Wooden
Image
The best players don't win championships. The best team players win championships.
John Wooden
Image
Make greatness attainable by all.
John Wooden
Image
Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings everyday.
John Wooden
Image
Character is more important than any other leadership trait.
John Wooden
Image
Great leaders are always out front with a banner, instead of behind with a whip.
John Wooden
Image
Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable.
John Wooden
Image
The problem with new is you don't have time for the old ones.
John Wooden
Image
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
Image
There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.
John Wooden
Image
Success travels in the company of very hard work. There is no trick, no easy way.
John Wooden
Image
You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game, and you can win when you're outscored.
John Wooden
Image
The courageous struggle for a noble cause should be considered success itself.
John Wooden
Image
I'm not afraid to die.
John Wooden
Image
The team with the most talent usually wins.
John Wooden
Image
As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either.
John Wooden
Image
The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.
John Wooden
Image
Team spirit means you are willing to sacrifice personal considerations for the welfare of all. That defines a team player.
John Wooden
Image
We may not be the best conditioned team in the country, but our players think they are.
John Wooden
Image
You should never try to be better than someone else, you should always be learning from others. But you should never cease trying to be the best you could be because that's under your control and the other isn't.
John Wooden