Best 421 quotes of John Wooden on MyQuotes

1. Be on time. 2. Never criticize a teammate. 3. Never use profanity.

Ability may get you to the top, nut it takes chracter to keep you there - mental, moral, and physical.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

A coach's primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people

A Coach must never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority.

Acquire peace of mind by making the effort to become the best of which you are capable.

Adaptability is being able to adjust to any situation at any given time.

A Dominican monk, Father Henri Didon, used it as a watchword for his pupils in sports at Arcueil College in Paris. Baron Pierre De Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, made it the Olympic Games ideal adopted at the Antwerp Games in 1920. I never mentioned winning to my players. I mentioned constantly that all I wanted them to do was the best they could. If they're good enough, the score will be to their liking; if they're not, it won't be but that's nothing to hang their head about. Sometimes the other fellow is just better than you are.

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.

Adversity often produces an unexpected opportunity. Look for it ! Appreciate and utilize it! This is difficult to do if you're feeling sorry for yourself because you're faced with adversity.

A gifted player, who is not a team player, will ultimately hurt the team.

A knowledge of and the ability to properly and quickly execute the fundamentals. Be prepared and cover every little detail.

A leader must listen to those under their supervision.

A leader’s most powerful ally is his or her own example.

All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.

All that matters is the pressure you put on yourself. External pressures cause people to choke. While you can't control what happens to you, you can control how you react.

Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.

A mentor must always guide, never push. It was my job to listen to them, offer my perspective, and encourage them to pursue the ideals they believed to be true.

A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it

An effective leader allows exceptions to the rule for exceptional results or when circumstance demands.

An effective leader develops the ability to correctly identify the pertinent detail or details - incidentals in a market, industry or sport that might create an incremental advantage.

Any structure must have a strong foundation. The cornerstones anchor the foundation. For some reason the cornerstones that I chose to begin with I never changed.

A player who makes a team great is better than a great player.

A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group - that's teamwork.

Apply yourself everyday to just becoming a little bit better.

Approval is a greater motivator than disapproval, but we have to disapprove on occasion when we correct. It’s necessary. I make corrections only after I have proved to the individual that I highly value him. If they know we care for them, our correction won’t be seen as judgmental. I also try to never make it personal.

As a leader, you must be filled with energy and eagerness, joy and love for what you do. If you lack enthusiasm for your job, you cannot perform to the best of your ability. Industriousness is unattainable without Enthusiasm.

As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either.

As I grow older, I appreciate things that I didn’t appreciate much when I was younger. I am thankful more than I used to be. I’ve been reasonably healthy, and I feel blessed. And each morning I can think, this is going to be a good day!

As long as you try your best, you are never a failure. That is, unless you blame others.

A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit.

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating

Bad times can make you bitter or better.

Before success comes patience... when we add to our accomplishments the element of hard work over a long period of time, we'll place a far greater value on the outcome. When we are patient, we'll have a greater appreciation of our success.

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating. Youngsters need good models more than they need critics. It's one of a parent's greatest responsibilities and opportunities.

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.

Being your best when your best is needed. The ability to enjoy challenges when things become difficult and to derive exhilaration from them.

Being yourself; not acting. You therefore can function near your own level of competence. Satisfy you own expectations rather than those of others.

Be more concerned with what you can do for others than what others can do for you. You’ll be surprised at the results.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

Be more interested in character than reputation

Be prepared and be honest.

Be quick, but don't hurry.

Be quick without hurrying.

Be true to yourself. Be true to those you lead.

Big things are accomplished only through the perfection of minor details.

Build shelter against a rainy day.

Champions are brilliant at the basics.

Character is more important than any other leadership trait.