Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
It matters not the subject taught, nor all the books on all the shelves, What matters most, yes most of all, is what the teachers are themselves.
John Wooden
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
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
Book
Teachers
Matter
Matters
Subject
Subjects
Teaching
Teacher
Taught
Books
Shelves
More quotes by John Wooden
Earn the right to be proud and confident.
John Wooden
Confidence comes from being prepared.
John Wooden
Drink deeply from good books.
John Wooden
Be slow to correct and quick to commend.
John Wooden
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
Winning games, titles and championships isn't all it's cracked up to be, but getting there, the journey, is a lot more than it's cracked up to be.
John Wooden
Dwelling in the past prevents doing something in the present.
John Wooden
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
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
I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.
John Wooden
There is nothing stronger than gentleness.
John Wooden
Details create success.
John Wooden
The best players don't win championships. The best team players win championships.
John Wooden
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
John Wooden
I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it wont be successful.
John Wooden
Each of us has a huge capacity to learn and to achieve. Being ever alert makes the task of becoming all we are capable of becoming so much easier.
John Wooden
I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people.
John Wooden
Your energy and enjoyment, drive and dedication will stimulate and greatly inspire others.
John Wooden
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
Class is an intangible quality which commands, rather than demands, the respect of others.
John Wooden
