John Wooden Quotes About Opportunity

Quotes about: Opportunity

• Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating. Youngsters need good models more than they need critics. It's one of a parent's greatest responsibilities and opportunities.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  John Wooden (2011). “Wooden: A Legacy in Words and Images (EBOOK)”, p.5, McGraw-Hill Professional

• Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Basketball, Teacher

• Adversity often produces an unexpected opportunity. Look for it ! Appreciate and utilize it! This is difficult to do if you're feeling sorry for yourself because you're faced with adversity.

  John Wooden

  Motivational, Sorry, Adversity

• The time to prepare isn't after you have been given the opportunity. It's long before that opportunity arises. Once the opportunity arrives, it's too late to prepare.

  John Wooden

  Opportunity, Long, Too Late

• When opportunity comes it is too late to prepare.

  John Wooden

  Opportunity, Too Late, Late

• It's too late for preparation when opportunity strikes.

  John Wooden

  Opportunity, Preparation, Too Late

• We're not all equal as far as intelligence is concerned. We're not equal as far as size. We're not all equal as far as appearance. We do not all have the same opportunities. We're not born in the same environments, but we're all absolutely equal in having the opportunity to make the most of what we have and not comparing or worrying about what others have.

  John Wooden

  Opportunity, Worry, Size

• When we aren't alert, we miss opportunities to improve ourselves. We should always watch for circumstances or situations that can help or harm us and be eager to learn from these encounters.

  John Wooden

  Opportunity, Missing, Encounters

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