Quote

People want to believe you are sincerely interested in them as a person, not just what they can do 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
Person
Believe
People
Sincerely
Interested
Persons

More quotes by John Wooden

Image
Without organization and leadership toward a realistic goal, there is no chance of realizing more than a small percentage of your potential.
John Wooden
Image
I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day
John Wooden
Image
Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.
John Wooden
Image
Our land is everything to us.... I will tell you one of the things we remember on our land. We remember that our grandfathers paid for it - with their lives.
John Wooden
Image
Ability is a poor man's wealth.
John Wooden
Image
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
Image
Cultivate the ability to make decisions and think alone. Do not be afraid of failure, but learn from it.
John Wooden
Image
A life not lived for others is not a life, a game not played for others is not a game.
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
Discipline of others isn't punishment. You discipline to help, to improve, to correct, to prevent, not to punish, humiliate, or retaliate.
John Wooden
Image
Be quick, but don't hurry.
John Wooden
Image
Success may result in winning, but winning does not necessarily mean you are a success.
John Wooden
Image
When I am through learning, I am through.
John Wooden
Image
When I was coaching I always considered myself a teacher. Teachers tend to follow the laws of learning better than coaches who do not have any teaching background. A coach is nothing more than a teacher. I used to encourage anyone who wanted to coach to get a degree in teaching so they could apply those principles to athletics.
John Wooden
Image
When the legs go, the heart soon follows
John Wooden
Image
Our titles would not have been possible without the unselfishness displayed by all our teams, the team wins, not the individuals
John Wooden
Image
Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable.
John Wooden
Image
The best players don't win championships. The best team players win championships.
John Wooden
Image
We are all equal in that we can all strive to become the best we are capable of becoming. We can always improve but we shouldn't compare ourselves to others. We get in trouble when we start trying to measure up to someone else.
John Wooden
Image
Build shelter against a rainy day.
John Wooden