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 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 Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effo...
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