Tag: John Wooden
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I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.
John Wooden
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Well, if you’re true to yourself you’re going to be true to everyone else.
John Wooden
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Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.
John Wooden
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It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
John Wooden
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We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.
John Wooden
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I’m no wizard, and I don’t like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don’t want to be thought of in that way.
John Wooden
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Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
John Wooden
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I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don’t criticize a teammate. Never be late.
John Wooden
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There’s as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said – he’d rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.
John Wooden
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Never mistake activity for achievement.
John Wooden