Quote

If you do enough small things right, big things can happen

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
Things
Happen
Small
Bigs
Happens
Enough
Right

More quotes by John Wooden

Image
My assistants and I often would spend more time planning a practice than the actual practice itself
John Wooden
Image
Every day, try to help someone who can't reciprocate your kindness.
John Wooden
Image
The coach must never forget that he is, first of all, a teacher. He must come (be present), see (diagnose), and conquer (correct). He must continuously be exploring for ways to improve himself in order that he may improve others and welcome every person and everything that maybe helpful to him.
John Wooden
Image
Be quick without hurrying.
John Wooden
Image
If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
John Wooden
Image
Profound responsibilities come with teaching and coaching. You can do so much good–or harm. It’s why I believe that next to parenting, teaching and coaching are the two most important professions in the world.
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
I never yelled at my players much. That would have been artificial stimulation, which doesn't last very long. I think it's like love and passion. Passion won't last as long as love. When you are dependent on passion, you need more and more of it to make it work. It's the same with yelling.
John Wooden
Image
Many ... have tremendous God-given gifts, but they don't focus on the development of those gifts. Who are these individuals? You've never heard of them- and you never will .
John Wooden
Image
You've never heard of them- and you never will .
John Wooden
Image
Adaptability is being able to adjust to any situation at any given time.
John Wooden
Image
Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.
John Wooden
Image
I grew up on a farm. We learned that there was a season to plant, a season to water, and season to harvest. The planting and watering could be laborious, but without those stages, there would never be a harvest.
John Wooden
Image
Acquire peace of mind by making the effort to become the best of which you are capable.
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
You get ideas across better through listening and the pat-on-the-back method than you do with a kick on the pants.
John Wooden
Image
A gifted player, who is not a team player, will ultimately hurt the team.
John Wooden
Image
Opponents are working very hard to defeat us. Let's not do it for them by defeating ourselves from within.
John Wooden
Image
You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game, and you can win when you're outscored.
John Wooden
Image
I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.
John Wooden