Quote

Decisions are more apt to be accepted when you've listened to suggestions first. I wanted them to see the reason behind what I asked of them, not to do things just because I said so.

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
Behinds
Behind
Sports
Decision
Suggestions
Reason
Listened
Wanted
Accepted
Firsts
Decisions
First
Asked

More quotes by John Wooden

Image
Being true to ourselves doesn't make us people of integrity. Charles Manson was true to himself, and as a result, he rightly is spending the rest of his life in prison. Ultimately, being true to our Creator gives us the purest form of integrity.
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
Understand there is a price to be paid for achieving anything of significance. You must be willing to pay the price.
John Wooden
Image
I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.
John Wooden
Image
Five years from now, you’re the same person except for the people you’ve met and the books you’ve read.
John Wooden
Image
It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.
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
I'm no wizard, and I don't like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don't want to be thought of in that way.
John Wooden
Image
Having the courage to make decisions and take action. Never be afraid to fail. You have nothing to fear if you have prepared to the best of your ability.
John Wooden
Image
Remember this your lifetime through: Tomorrow there will be more to do. And failure waits for all who stay With some success made yesterday. Tomorrow you must try once more, And even harder than before.
John Wooden
Image
The problem with new is you don't have time for the old ones.
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
You can always do more than you think you can.
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
I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.
John Wooden
Image
Promise yourself that you will talk health, happiness, and prosperity as often as possible.
John Wooden
Image
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
John Wooden
Image
Be quick, but don't hurry.
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
Opponents are working very hard to defeat us. Let's not do it for them by defeating ourselves from within.
John Wooden