Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
In life, worthwhile accomplishments and acquisitions take time. Usually the better the reward, the more time it takes to acquire it.
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
Usually
Acquisitions
Takes
Accomplishments
Better
Acquisition
Take
Worthwhile
Time
Reward
Life
Accomplishment
Acquire
Rewards
More quotes by John Wooden
When you get to be 95, travel doesn't come as easily.
John Wooden
Leadership is the ability to get individuals to work together for the common good and the best possible results while at the same time letting them know they did it themselves.
John Wooden
The life lessons taught by John Wooden have become legend. Here's a collection of some of the greatest 'Woodenisms.'
John Wooden
Every day, try to help someone who can't reciprocate your kindness.
John Wooden
If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.
John Wooden
Too many people look on outscoring someone as winning, I never tried to get that across to my players.
John Wooden
Losing does not make you a failure it is when you blame someone for losing when you become a failure
John Wooden
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John Wooden
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
To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character.
John Wooden
The problem with new is you don't have time for the old ones.
John Wooden
A coach's primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people
John Wooden
Show me what you can do don't tell me what you can do.
John Wooden
If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
John Wooden
Happiness begins when selfishness ends.
John Wooden
If you do enough small things right, big things can happen
John Wooden
Never try to be better than somebody else. But most importantly, never cease trying to be the best you can be.
John Wooden
It's not how big you are, it's how big you play.
John Wooden
Once you become a good person, then you have a chance of becoming a good basketball player.
John Wooden
Big things are accomplished when we master the little things.
John Wooden
