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Quotes from John Wooden

You can't live a perfect day until you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
~ John Wooden
Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.
~ John Wooden
Discipline yourself and others won't need to.
~ John Wooden
Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.
~ John Wooden
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it again?
~ John Wooden
A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
~ John Wooden
Happiness begins where selfishness ends.
~ 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
Listen if you want to be heard
~ John Wooden
Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time
~ John Wooden
Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.
~ John Wooden
Five years from now, you're the same person except for the people you've met and the books you've read.
~ John Wooden
Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.
~ John Wooden
Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.
~ John Wooden
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
~ John Wooden
Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
~ John Wooden
I don't think I was a fine game coach. I'm trying to be honest. I think I was a good practice coach.
~ John Wooden
If I were a young coach today, I would be extremely careful in selecting assistants.
~ John Wooden
Adaptability is being able to adjust to any situation at any given time.
~ John Wooden
If pursuing material things becomes your only goal, you will fail in so many ways. Besides, in time all material things go away.
~ John Wooden
No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
~ John Wooden
I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people.
~ John Wooden
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
~ John Wooden
My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.
~ John Wooden