John Wooden

Bekannte Zitate von John Wooden

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

If I am through learning, I am through.

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

You can do more good by being good than any other way.

Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.

Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

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.

Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.

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.

Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's two-sided.

I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.