John Robert Wooden (1910–2010) was an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the “Wizard of Westwood,” as head coach at UCLA he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period—seven in a row—an unprecedented feat. Within this period, his teams won a record 88 consecutive games. He was named national coach of the year six times.
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Success is peace of mind, a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming, and not just in a physical way: seek ye first the kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be yours as well.
—John Wooden
Topics: Success, Satisfaction, Success & Failure
It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
—John Wooden
Topics: Perseverance, Persistence, Success
It isn’t what you do, but how you do it.
—John Wooden
Topics: Success, Excellence
Make each day a Masterpiece.
—John Wooden
It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.
—John Wooden
Topics: Learning, Success
Don’t mistake activity for achievement.
—John Wooden
Topics: Achievement, Success & Failure, Mistakes, Success
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
A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
—John Wooden
Topics: Success
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
—John Wooden
Topics: Failure, Success
Ability is a poor man’s wealth.
—John Wooden
Topics: Success, Ability, One liners
I’d rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.
—John Wooden
Topics: Talent, Success
Don’t let what you can’t do stand in the way of what you can.
—John Wooden
Topics: Success
Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
—John Wooden
Topics: Measuring, Reflection, Potential, Doing Your Best, Ability, Accomplishment, Vision
Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
—John Wooden
Topics: Confidence, Helping, Performance, Exercise, Ability, Success
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