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Quotes from John Wooden

I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort.
~ John Wooden
Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
~ 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
Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.
~ John Wooden
The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.
~ John Wooden
Success is peace of mind in knowing you did your best.
~ John Wooden
The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.
~ John Wooden
Conditioning is essential to success in basketball.
~ John Wooden
It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.
~ John Wooden
Thou didst thy best, that is success.
~ John Wooden
Success is a personal matter - only you as an individual can tell if you did everything within your power to give your best effort
~ John Wooden
The courageous struggle for a noble cause should be considered success itself.
~ John Wooden
Details create success.
~ John Wooden
Mistakes come from doing, but so does success.
~ John Wooden
Success may result in winning, but winning does not necessarily mean you are a success.
~ John Wooden
Do not get so concerned with making a living that you forget to make a life.
~ John Wooden
You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game. And you can win when you're outscored.
~ 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
I don't believe in praying to win.
~ John Wooden
If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.
~ John Wooden
Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.
~ John Wooden
Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.
~ John Wooden
Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.
~ John Wooden
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
~ John Wooden