John Wooden: Citations en anglais
Variante: Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
“The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”
Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
“There is nothing stronger than gentleness.”
Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
“Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
Variante: Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
“Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.”
Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
“If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.”
Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
“Tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember a story.”
Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
“The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.”
Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
Interview on Charlie Rose https://archive.org/details/WHUT_20100614_130000_Charlie_Rose (2000)
“Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.”
They Call Me Coach (1972)
Variante: Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.
They Call Me Coach (1972)
Variante: You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you
“Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.”
Wooden only repeated a common aphorism (e.g. Interview on Charlie Rose, reported by Bill Walton), which was already in circulation as early as the 1920s, when he was a youth. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbs=bks%3A1%2Ccdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3AJan+1_2+1900%2Ccd_max%3ADec+31_2+1930&q=%22fail+to+prepare%22+%22prepare+to+fail%22 <br class="br">Misattributed
“You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes”
Source: Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organizaion
“Failure is not fatal but failure to change might be.”
Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and Off the Court (1997)
Interview on Charlie Rose https://archive.org/details/WHUT_20100614_130000_Charlie_Rose (2000)
