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

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.

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

John Wooden

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

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.

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

John Wooden

Somebody asked me - you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, 'I'm a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good.'

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

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.

John Wooden

We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.

John Wooden

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.

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

Never mistake activity for achievement.

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

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

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

I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

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

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