John Wooden citations

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“A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.”

“Discipline yourself and others won't need to.”

“Happiness begins where selfishness ends.”

“Listen if you want to be heard”

“Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.”

“Five years from now, you’re the same person except for the people you’ve met and the books you’ve read.”

“Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.”

“Be quick, but don't hurry.”

“It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.”

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

“Remember this your lifetime through:
Tomorrow there will be more to do.
And failure waits for all who stay
With some success made yesterday.
Tomorrow you must try once more,
And even harder than before.”

“Being average means you are as close to the bottom as you are to the top.”

“Make every day your masterpiece.”

“Although there is no progress without change, not all change is progress.”

“Your reputation is what you're perceived to be,
Your character is what you really are”

“It isn't about what you do, but how you do it”

“The main ingredient of stardom, is the rest of the team.”

“Never try to be better than somebody else. But most importantly, never cease trying to be the best you can be.”

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

“A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself for the group, for the good of the group — that’s teamwork.”

“Young people need models, not critics.”

“I do not have the right, Bill, but I do have the right to say who is going to play on my team and we’re going to miss you.
reported by Bill Walton, about his right to wear his hair long”

“Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow.”

“Don’t beat yourself. That’s the worst kind of defeat you’ll ever suffer.
reported by Bill Walton”

“You control the terms of the conflict. Make them play your game. Don’t try to play theirs.
reported by Bill Walton”

“You should never try to be better than someone else, you should always be learning from others. But you should never cease trying to be the best you could be because that’s under your control and the other isn’t.
quoting his father”

“The outstanding coach is a teacher that gets all his squad to accept the role that he considers to be the most important for the welfare of all.”

“Ability is a poor man's wealth. ”

“The four laws of learning are: the first is demonstration of what you want. The second is the criticism of the demonstration.”