89 John Wooden Quotes - Inspirational Quotes at BrainyQuote

American - Coach October 14, 1910 - June 4, 2010

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

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

Positive You Doing Mistakes

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.

You Character Think Reputation

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. - John Wooden

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

Best People Way Who

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. - John Wooden

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

You Brainy Cannot Interfere

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

Friendship Good Art Thankful

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? - John Wooden

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

You Time Will Right

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

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

Wisdom God Humble Grateful

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

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.

Best Success You Peace

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be. - John Wooden

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

Change Failure Might Fatal

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen. - John Wooden

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

Wisdom Little Things Big Things

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All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low. - John Wooden

All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.

Life High Valleys Low

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. - John Wooden

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

You Learning Know Learn

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

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

Life Wisdom You People

It isn't what you do, but how you do it. - John Wooden

It isn't what you do, but how you do it.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that. - John Wooden

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

Best You More Just

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

You Day Will Never

The most important thing in the world is family and love. - John Wooden

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

Love Family World Important

I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession. - John Wooden

I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.

Future Society Think Teacher

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. - John Wooden

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.

Best Success You Your

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts. - John Wooden

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Success Courage Failure Never

Never mistake activity for achievement. - John Wooden

Never mistake activity for achievement.

Achievement Mistake Never Activity

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.

Man Adversity Free Being

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character. - John Wooden

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

Character Talent Winning Repeat

Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone. - John Wooden

Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.

Inspirational Today Day Yesterday

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

You Your Yourself Ability

Discipline yourself, and others won't need to. - John Wooden

Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

Yourself Discipline Others Need

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.

Faith Peace Prayer Mind

Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you. - John Wooden

Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.

You Dreams Your Will

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

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

You Praise Weakness Criticism

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.

Your Feelings Others Own

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.

Best Success You Peace

It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it. - John Wooden

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

Game Important Who Starts

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. - John Wooden

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

Who Someone Without Resentment

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life. - John Wooden

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.

Life You Money Living

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.

Friendship Good Art Day

Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's two-sided.

Friendship You Marriage Person

Passion is momentary; love is enduring. - John Wooden

Passion is momentary; love is enduring.

Love Love Is Passion Enduring

Young people need models, not critics. - John Wooden

Young people need models, not critics.

People Young Need Young People

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.

Eyes God Great Winning

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent. - John Wooden

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

Experience Talent Than Little

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