Coach John Wooden

October 14, 1910 - June 4, 2010


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

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

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. - John Wooden

Be prepared and be honest. - John Wooden

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. - John Wooden

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

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

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

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

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

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

Never mistake activity for achievement. - John Wooden

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

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

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team. - John Wooden

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

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

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

What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.
- John Wooden

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character. - 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

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