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John Wooden
American
Coach
About the author
It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Rights
#Feelings
A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Coach
#Correction
#Resentment
Ability is a poor man's wealth.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Ability
#Man
#Poor
#Wealth
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Being
#State
#Man
#Adversity
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.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Character
#Reputation
Be prepared and be honest.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Character
#Talent
#Winning
Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Ability
#Measure
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Failure
#Change
I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Experience
#Talent
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Time
#Right
#Will
It isn't what you do, but how you do it.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Mistakes
#Positive
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.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Peace
#Faith
#Mind
#Prayer
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
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.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Eyes
#Winning
#Possessions
Never mistake activity for achievement.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Achievement
#Mistake
Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Success
Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Success
#Failure
#Courage
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,
American
Coach
#Success
#Result
#Peace
#Self
#Mind
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#God
#Man
#Self
#Talent
#Fame
#Conceit
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Old
#Books
#Reading
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#People
What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Basketball
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Criticism
#Weakness
#Praise
You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Will
#Day
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
John Wooden,
American
Coach
#Rest