John Wooden quote: "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."

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

Well, if you're true to yourself you're going to be true to everyone else.
JOHN WOODEN

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
JOHN WOODEN

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

Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That's in your...
JOHN WOODEN

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

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

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you reall...
JOHN WOODEN

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make fr...
JOHN WOODEN

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

Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.
JOHN WOODEN

Be prepared and be honest.
JOHN WOODEN

I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patie...
JOHN WOODEN

Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.
JOHN WOODEN

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

You cannot attain and maintain physical condition unless you are morally and mentally conditioned. A...
JOHN WOODEN

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

Don't mistake activity for achievement.
JOHN WOODEN

Never mistake activity for achievement.
JOHN WOODEN

Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord,...
JOHN WOODEN

It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your fa...
JOHN WOODEN

Success is peace of mind, a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing that you did your best to ...
JOHN WOODEN

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

How many of us have conflicts with someone else- and how many of us pray for that person? We have in...
JOHN WOODEN

Don't mistake activity with achievement.
JOHN WOODEN

I always tried to make clear that basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in compa...
JOHN WOODEN

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with ...
JOHN WOODEN

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
JOHN WOODEN

Nothing will work unless you do.
JOHN WOODEN

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

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
JOHN WOODEN

Stubborness we deprecate,
Firmness we condone,
The former is our neighbors trait,
The latte...
JOHN WOODEN

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

For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal ...
JOHN WOODEN

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

What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.
JOHN WOODEN

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
JOHN WOODEN

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

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially fr...
JOHN WOODEN

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished w...
JOHN WOODEN

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

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink ...
JOHN WOODEN

There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he&#...
JOHN WOODEN

In the end, it's about the teaching, and what I always loved about coaching was the practices. N...
JOHN WOODEN

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

I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was tea...
JOHN WOODEN

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

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

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
JOHN WOODEN

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

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

Somebody asked me - you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I sai...
JOHN WOODEN

Never lie, never cheat, never steal.
JOHN WOODEN

If I were a young coach today, I would be extremely careful in selecting assistants.
JOHN WOODEN

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most impo...
JOHN WOODEN

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

When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not qui...
JOHN WOODEN

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

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

If a player's not doing the things he should, put him on the bench. He'll come around.
JOHN WOODEN

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

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best ...
JOHN WOODEN

Be quick, but don't hurry.
JOHN WOODEN

Young people need models, not critics.
JOHN WOODEN

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

Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.
JOHN WOODEN

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

You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay yo...
JOHN WOODEN

It is what we learn after we think we know it all, that counts.
JOHN WOODEN

Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they ...
JOHN WOODEN

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

Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.
JOHN WOODEN

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

Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
JOHN WOODEN

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are w...
JOHN WOODEN

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
JOHN WOODEN

Young people need models, not critics...
JOHN WOODEN

Young people need models, not critics
JOHN WOODEN

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

It is what we learn after we know it all that really counts
JOHN WOODEN

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

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

My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But...
JOHN WOODEN

Passion is momentary; love is enduring.
JOHN WOODEN

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

I never wanted a championship as much as I did that first one, ... After the first one in 1964, the ...
JOHN WOODEN

I met Tiger Woods when he was younger. He's amazing - obviously technically, but his mental appr...
JOHN WOODEN

If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I n...
JOHN WOODEN

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

Good values are like a magnet, they attract good people.
JOHN WOODEN

That's true,
JOHN WOODEN

It has to be a team concept. It isn't an individual game.
JOHN WOODEN

I see some of myself in Joe.
JOHN WOODEN

I say he's completely wrong,
JOHN WOODEN

Pete and Andre McCarter n another high-powered scorer in high school n became the best pair of defen...
JOHN WOODEN

I liked quickness very much and Pete had it. And I really liked his acceptance of the role he had. H...
JOHN WOODEN

Bill, I know what the other schools say. If you come to UCLA, I can't promise you'll make our team,
JOHN WOODEN

It doesn't make any difference what they go on to, it's a great feeling to see them doing well. I'm ...
JOHN WOODEN

Being selected for the McDonald's All American Games is one of the greatest accomplishments in a bas...
JOHN WOODEN

I would never have a player come close to taking that many shots in a game. I don't ever recall seei...
JOHN WOODEN

They're going to film it out at my place and show it during the weekend.
JOHN WOODEN

Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially ...
JOHN WOODEN

Ability is a poor man's wealth.
JOHN WOODEN

Our land is everything to us... I will tell you one of the things we remember on our land. We rememb...
JOHN WOODEN

Oh, I love to teach,
JOHN WOODEN

When everyone is thinking the same, no one is thinking.
JOHN WOODEN

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

A player who makes a team great is much more valuable than a great player.
JOHN WOODEN

Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really a...
JOHN WOODEN

(My priorities are) family, Lord, profession, ... And that's not the order it should be, but I think...
JOHN WOODEN

I don't get all wound up. I accept things as they come. I've always stressed moderation. I never got...
JOHN WOODEN

You cannot attain and maintain physical condition unless you are morally and mentally conditioned. A...
JOHN WOODEN

Be true to yourself.
Make each day your masterpiece.
Help others.
Drink deeply from g...
JOHN WOODEN

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because the...
JOHN WOODEN

Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for y...
JOHN WOODEN

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

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.
JOHN WOODEN

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but what you should have accomplished with you...
JOHN WOODEN

If you get caught up in things over which you have no control, it will adversely affect those things...
JOHN WOODEN

That's good, Bill. I admire people who have strong beliefs and stick by them. I really do. We're goi...
JOHN WOODEN

Ben has really embraced the tradition of the program, and growing up in Southern California, he unde...
JOHN WOODEN

I never drank alcohol or used tobacco, but George Burns used to smoke a lot and lived to over 100, s...
JOHN WOODEN

But he passed him a long time ago in losses, You shouldn't pit those two against each other. Both ar...
JOHN WOODEN

It's not how big you are, it's how big you play,
JOHN WOODEN

I feel that I make an honest living. I take care of my children. I feel that there should be somethi...
JOHN WOODEN

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

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

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

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
JOHN WOODEN

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

I'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to w...
JOHN WOODEN

Teaching players during practices was what coaching was all about to me.
JOHN WOODEN

If you don´t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
JOHN WOODEN

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

Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.
JOHN WOODEN

I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don't criticize a teammate. Never be late.
JOHN WOODEN

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink ...
JOHN WOODEN

Sposobnost može da te dovede na vrh al da bi opstao na vrhu, potreban ti je karakter.
JOHN WOODEN

I'm no wizard, and I don't like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard a...
JOHN WOODEN

I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.
JOHN WOODEN

When opportunity comes, it’s too late to prepare.
JOHN WOODEN

if you do the following three things, you will be successful in major college basketball. If you don...
JOHN WOODEN

During the toughest challenges in my life I’ve come to most appreciate all Coach Wooden means to m...
JOHN WOODEN

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without f...
JOHN WOODEN

I don't believe in praying to win.
JOHN WOODEN

No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
JOHN WOODEN

The only problem comes when a hurricane moves in too close. The waves just get bigger, and the surfe...
JOE WOODEN

That was just me. Undisciplined. Trying to do too much. Not doing my responsibility. That was my fau...
AMBROSE WOODEN

He just got behind me.
AMBROSE WOODEN

We saw Super Max as the best choice and a good fit for the community.
APRIL WOODEN

It was an older store with a smaller square footage. I think they didn't want to invest in it anymor...
APRIL WOODEN

We certainly think it will be a great project for the city.
APRIL WOODEN

Just like the old saying goes, "Vasser's boon-doggling again."
JOE WOODEN

This is definitely the best time to surf, and the beach gets pretty crowded when there's a hurricane...
JOE WOODEN

Mother nature is not cooperating. Things will get worse as the day progresses.
JOE WOODEN

‘No written word, no spoken plea/Can teach our youth what they should be/Nor all the books on all ...
JOHN WOODEN (UNKNOWN POEM GIVEN TO JOHN BY HIS FATHER)

Peace begins when the wealthy are fed.
JOHN WOODEN (UNKNOWN POEM GIVEN TO JOHN BY HIS FATHER)

My family is from Liverpool, so I have some of those vowel sounds, I've got the slack tone of so...
JOHN OLIVER

Protest and anger practically always derives from hope, and the shouting out against injustice is al...
JOHN BERGER

No man is to be credited for his mere authority's sake, unless he can show Scripture for the mai...
JOHN WYCLIFFE

By ensuring that no one in government has too much power, the Constitution helps protect ordinary Am...
JOHN ROBERTS

Human beings, we have dark sides; we have dark issues in our lives. To progress anywhere in life, yo...
JOHN NOBLE

Learn as many mistakes and what not to do while your business or product is small. Don't be in s...
DAYMOND JOHN

Being thrown into the fire and getting the thing turned around in a hurry made it more difficult. Th...
JOHN ELWAY

This Constitution was not made for a day, nor is it composed of such flexible materials as to be war...
JOHN TYLER

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.
JOHN LENNON

Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.
JOHN MORTIMER

No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent.
JOHN JAY

Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.
JOHN LOCKE

High School is like a spork: it's a crappy spoon and a crappy fork, so in the end it's just ...
JOHN MAYER

When I was growing up in rural Alabama, it was impossible for me to register to vote. I didn't b...
JOHN LEWIS

The documented incidences of voter fraud are very rare, yet throughout the country, forces have mobi...
JOHN LEWIS

Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the ...
JOHN CALVIN

I was introduced to the Turducken in New Orleans. And it wasn't Thanksgiving. Glenn at the Gourm...
JOHN MADDEN

Christians were instructed to serve others, and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fa...
JOHN CLAYTON

Is it possible that the portrait of the divine Son of God is an exaggeration, at best, or a complete...
JOHN CLAYTON

Was the real Jesus of history one and the same as the Christ of faith whom we read about in the New ...
JOHN CLAYTON

I believe any question that man can ask has a reasonable answer-at least an answer that is as consis...
JOHN CLAYTON

Almost every time I am in a lectureship on a college campus, young people will say, If there is a Go...
JOHN CLAYTON

I guess none of us like to look back in our lives to a time when we made poor judgments and foolish ...
JOHN CLAYTON

In the surface of the paper there is only length and width-there is no such thing as thickness.
JOHN CLAYTON

Why is it any more reasonable to believe that God has always been than it is to say that matter has ...
JOHN CLAYTON

What is the origin of God?
JOHN CLAYTON

The emphasis on the birth of Christ tends to polarize our pluralistic society and create legal and e...
JOHN CLAYTON

The denominational world tries to pressure its members to focus on the birth of Christ, but in doing...
JOHN CLAYTON

Not only are Christians writing about Jesus, but also Communists, Jews, atheists and agnostics are t...
JOHN CLAYTON

There was no instruction to be thankful that the Christians were special people, chosen people. Ther...
JOHN CLAYTON

It is my fervent hope and prayer that by exposing my mistakes and by pointing out the things that we...
JOHN CLAYTON

We are assuming that we exist, that there is reality, and that the matter of which we are made is re...
JOHN CLAYTON

The purpose of this study is to offer a logical, practical, pragmatic proof of the existence of God ...
JOHN CLAYTON

Since I was an atheist for many years and came to believe in God through my studies in science, it f...
JOHN CLAYTON

How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
JOHN BURROUGHS

You wouldn't do something for a receiver to catch the ball if the quarterback couldn't throw...
JOHN MADDEN

I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'...
ELTON JOHN

The prison-industrial complex, poverty, and the school system has more effect on a young black male ...
JOHN LEGEND

I have learned in fashion to be a little savage.
JOHN FAIRCHILD

Perhaps they thought I was on a fact-finding mission, never for one moment thinking that a man of my...
JOHN PRESCOTT

My consultant keeps telling me sudden death could come at any moment.
JOHN TAVENER

As you grow older, you learn a few things. One of them is to actually take the time you've allot...
JOHN BATTELLE

When California was wild, it was the floweriest part of the continent.
JOHN MUIR

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.

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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.

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