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Quotes from John Wooden

If you prepare properly, you may be outscored but you will never lose.
~ John Wooden
will do the best I am capable of doing today to bring out my best tomorrow.
~ John Wooden
If you don´t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
~ John Wooden
When you blame others you are trying to excuse yourself. When you make excuses you can't properly evaluate yourself. Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable.
~ John Wooden
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
~ John Wooden
Before You Can Lead Others, You Must Be Able to Lead Yourself.
~ John Wooden
EXPLAIN TO EACH TEAM MEMBER PRECISELY HOW HIS OR HER CONTRIBUTIONS CONNECT TO THE WELFARE AND SUCCESS OF THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION
~ John Wooden
Even if we were big underdogs I always felt anything could happen. Often enough, I was right. That's also why I never assumed we were going to win.
~ John Wooden
Ciò che conta è quello che impari quando sai già tutto.
~ John Wooden
Do not become too concerned about what others may think of you. Be very concerned about what you think of yourself.
~ John Wooden
You can always look back and see where you might have done something differently, changed this or that. If you can learn something, fine, but never second-guess yourself. It's wasted effort.
~ John Wooden
How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.
~ John Wooden
Does worrying about it, complaining about it, change it? Nope, it just wastes your time. And if you complain about it to other people, you're also wasting their time. Nothing is gained by wasting all of that time.
~ John Wooden
You will find that success and attention to details, the smallest details, usually go hand in hand, in basketball and elsewhere in your life.
~ John Wooden
Why is that person in our organization if he or she is not contributing? What is the impact of a negligible producer on other team members? What can we do to enhance that person's contribution? Do we move him to another "position," restructure his current job, or make other fundamental changes that would amplify that person's contributions? Should that person be removed from our team?
~ John Wooden
never dreamed about winning a national championship. It happened before I even thought it was possible. What I was dreaming about each year, if you want to call it that, was trying to produce the best basketball team we could be.
~ John Wooden
The joy and great satisfaction I derived from leadership—working with and teaching others, helping them reach their potential in contributing to the team's common goals
~ John Wooden
The Star of the Team Is the Team.
~ John Wooden
Ability is a poor man's wealth
~ John Wooden
Insist that Members of Your Team Share the "Ball"—Information, Ideas, and More.
~ John Wooden
Go Out of Your Way to Praise Those "Quiet" Performers Who Make Things Happen.
~ John Wooden
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;
~ John Wooden
Make the best of what you've got; play the cards you are dealt. Walt Disney once said, "There is no education like adversity." However, to gain this education you must be tough enough to overcome adversity rather than allowing adversity to overcome you.
~ John Wooden
Make friendship a fine art.
~ John Wooden