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The life lessons taught by John Wooden have become legend. Here's a collection of some of the greatest 'Woodenisms.'
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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
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More quotes by John Wooden
Be observing constantly. Stay open-minded. Be eager to learn and improve.
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
The more concerned we become over the things we can't control, the less we will do with the things we can control
John Wooden
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
Understand there is a price to be paid for achieving anything of significance. You must be willing to pay the price.
John Wooden
Do passing drills that come from your offense.
John Wooden
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
No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
John Wooden
How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.
John Wooden
Honors are very fleeting, just as fame is cherish friendship more.
John Wooden
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
The athlete who says that something can't be done should never interrupt the one who's doing it
John Wooden
The team with the most talent usually wins.
John Wooden
We are many, but are we much?
John Wooden
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
Intensity makes you stronger. Emotionalism makes you weaker.
John Wooden
We can agree to disagree, but we don’t need to be disagreeable.
John Wooden
It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
John Wooden
We will begin by learning how to tie our shoes.
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
