Quote

It is harmful to compare yourself to others. Others will do that for you.

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
Others
Harmful
Compare

More quotes by John Wooden

Image
Be quick but do not hurry.
John Wooden
Image
Loyalty is very important when things get a little tough, as they often do when the challenge is great. Loyalty is a powerful force in producing one's individual best and more so in producing a team's best.
John Wooden
Image
The best players don't win championships. The best team players win championships.
John Wooden
Image
Every person under your supervision is different. They're all different. They're identical in most ways, but not in all ways. You have to study and analyze every individual under your supervision and try to work with them in a way that will be most productive.
John Wooden
Image
Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.
John Wooden
Image
We are many, but are we much?
John Wooden
Image
Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
John Wooden
Image
A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group - that's teamwork.
John Wooden
Image
I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.
John Wooden
Image
The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.
John Wooden
Image
If you do enough small things right, big things can happen
John Wooden
Image
In spite of all that doctors know, and their studies never end, the best cure of all when spirits fall is a kind note from a friend.
John Wooden
Image
It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
John Wooden
Image
Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable.
John Wooden
Image
It's important to keep trying to do what you think is right no matter how hard it is or how often you fail. Never stop trying
John Wooden
Image
For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If you are not intent about what you are doing, you aren't able to resist the temptation to do something else that might be more fun at the moment.
John Wooden
Image
Intensity makes you stronger. Emotionalism makes you weaker.
John Wooden
Image
Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles.
John Wooden
Image
Never try to be better than somebody else. But most importantly, never cease trying to be the best you can be.
John Wooden
Image
The athlete who says that something can't be done should never interrupt the one who's doing it
John Wooden