John Wooden Quotes About Making Mistakes

Quotes about: Making Mistakes

• If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.

  John Wooden

  Life, Positive, Basketball

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

• IF you are not making mistakes, then you are not doing anything.

  John Wooden

  Mistake, Making Mistakes, Ifs

• You never fail if you know in your heart that you did the best of which you are capable. I did my best. That is all I could do. Are you going to make mistakes? Of course. But it is not failure if you make the full effort.

  John Wooden

  Mistake, Heart, Effort

• When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done.

  John Wooden

  Mistake, Done, Ifs

• The team that makes the most mistakes usually wins, because doers make mistakes

  John Wooden

  Mistake, Team, Winning

• The person who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success. I expected my players to make mistakes, as long as they were mistakes of commission. A mistake of commission happens when you are doing what should be done but don't get the results you want.

  John Wooden

  Mistake, Player, Long

  John Wooden, Jay Carty (2009). “Coach Wooden One-On-One”, p.155, Revell

• The close games are usually lost, rather than won. What I mean by that is games are mostly won because of the opponent making mistakes during crucial moments.

  John Wooden

  Mistake, Mean, Games

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