Quotes from John Wooden

The problem with new is you don't have time for the old ones.

Why can't we have patience and expect good things to take time?

Those of us who have been blessed with worldly success have an even greater responsibility to make an impact with our time, talents, and resources.

I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

Next to love, balance is the most important thing.

In the end, it's about the teaching, and what I always loved about coaching was the practices. Not the games, not the tournaments, not the alumni stuff. But teaching the players during practice was what coaching was all about to me.

You better play together as a team or you sit.

When you get to be 95, travel doesn't come as easily.

Love is the most powerful four letter word.

Be prepared and be honest.

I wanted my players to always be searching, especially for truth. I wanted them to know what they believed and be able to defend it. Truth will always stand the test of scrutiny.

One of the greatest motivating things that a coach has is the bench. They all love to play, all of them. You sit them on the bench, and they come around pretty good.

Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.

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

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

I am not as good as I ought to be. I am not as good as I want to be. I am not as good as I'm going to be. But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be.

Give me 100 percent. You can't make up for a poor effort today by giving 110 percent tomorrow. You don't have 110 percent. You only have 100 percent, and that's what I want from you right now.

Young people need models, not critics.

I met Tiger Woods when he was younger. He's amazing - obviously technically, but his mental approach, too. He's really something.

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

Well, if you're true to yourself you're going to be true to everyone else.

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.