John Wooden Quotes About Basketball

Quotes about: Basketball

• 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

  Inspirational, Success, Basketball

  John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional

• Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Character

  "The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

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

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Wise, Wisdom

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.153, B&H Publishing Group

• Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

• Young people need models, not critics.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Youth Of Today, Nba

  John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional

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

  John Wooden

  Motivational, Inspiring, Graduation

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.160, B&H Publishing Group
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  Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

• The better conditioned team will probably win in the long run.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Running, Team

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

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Beautiful, God

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

  John Wooden

  Life, Basketball, Teamwork

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.88, B&H Publishing Group

• If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Gratitude, Disappointment

  Andrew Hill, John Wooden (2002). “Be Quick - But Don't Hurry: Finding Success in the Teachings of a Lifetime”, p.117, Simon and Schuster

• Never mistake activity for achievement.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Basketball, Motivational Sports

  John Wooden (1997). “Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court”, p.8, McGraw Hill Professional

• It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Sports, Perseverance

  "The Graduation Speech I Never Got to Give" by Laura Myers, ndsmcobserver.com. May 20, 2011.

• You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Basketball, Motivational Sports

  "The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

• I do not judge success based on championships; rather, I judge it on how close we came to realizing our potential

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Nba, Judging

  John Wooden (2011). “Wooden's Complete Guide to Leadership (EBOOK BUNDLE)”, p.12, McGraw-Hill Professional

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

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Courage

  John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional

• Happiness begins where selfishness ends.

  John Wooden

  Motivational, Basketball, Ucla

• The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Moving

• I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Stress, Player

• I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Practice, Nba

• Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

  John Wooden

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  Fellowship of Christian Athletes, John Wooden (2010). “The Greatest Coach Ever: Timeless Wisdom and Insights of John Wooden”, p.101, Gospel Light Publications

• You'd like to see your team reasonably happy, but that's not your job. Gain their respect and get them to accept their roles

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Jobs, Team

• Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Character

  Andrew Hill, John Wooden (2002). “Be Quick - But Don't Hurry: Finding Success in the Teachings of a Lifetime”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

• What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

  John Wooden

  Life, Basketball, Motivational Sports

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.29, B&H Publishing Group

• Losing is only temporary and not encompassing. You must simply study it, learn from it, and try hard not to lose the same way again. Then you must have the self-control to forget about it.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Self, Coaching

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