John Wooden Quotes



       “You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes” 
- John Wooden

       “Happiness begins where selfishness ends.” 
- John Wooden

       “Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.” 
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       “It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.” 
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       “Don't mistake activity with achievement.” 
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       “Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.” 
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       “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” 
- John Wooden

       “Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.” 
- John Wooden

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

        “The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” 
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       “Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.” 
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       “Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time” 
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       “You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.” 
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       “Five years from now, you’re the same person except for the people you’ve met and the books you’ve read.” 
- John Wooden

       “Tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember a story.” 
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       “There is nothing stronger than gentleness.” 
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       “Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” 
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       “You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you” 
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       “If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.” 
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       “Never try to be better than somebody else. But most importantly, never cease trying to be the best you can be.” 
- John Wooden


       “The key ingredient to stardom is the team.” 
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       “Make every day your masterpiece. ” 
- John Wooden

      “It isn't about what you do, but how you do it” 
- John Wooden

       “Being average means you are as close to the bottom as you are to the top.” 
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      “Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. ” 
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       “Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, 
Your character is what you really are” 
- John Wooden

       “Although there is no progress without change, not all change is progress.” 
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       “Success is peace of mind in knowing you did your best.” 
- John Wooden

       “Never mistake activity for achievement.” 
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       “Do not let what you can't do interfere with what you can do.” 
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       “Measure yourself by...what you have accomplished with your ability” 
- John Wooden

       “The problem with new is you don't have time for the old ones.” 
- John Wooden

       “To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character.” 
- John Wooden

      “Be prepared and be honest."
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       “Sincerity may not help us make friends, but it will help us keep them.” 
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       “Little things make the big things happen” 
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       “Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”
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      “It’s what you learn when you know it all that counts” 
- John Wooden

       “Joy makes the longest journey too short.” 
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        “Succeeding is performing at your best when your best is required” 
- John Wooden