Quotes About Character

Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.

Be more concerned with character than reputation. Character is what you are, reputation is what people think you are.

To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character.

Talent will get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

A coach's primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people.

Coach Wooden didn't treat everybody the same; he treated people the way they deserved to be treated.

Sposobnost može da te dovede na vrh al da bi opstao na vrhu, potreban ti je karakter.

During the toughest challenges in my life I've come to most appreciate all Coach Wooden means to me. The things he would say—"Don't lie, don't cheat, don't steal, don't whine, don't complain, don't make excuses; worry about the things you can control, and not the things you can't"—were endless. Yet there is an appropriate one for every situation. The real

Lincoln himself once said, "The worst things you can do for those you love are the things they could and should do for themselves." He fiercely believed in self-sufficiency, and in the maturity and character that struggles and hardships can bring.

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece.

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.

You can do more good by being good than any other way.

It's so easy to relax, to cut corners, to let down after you've reached your goal, and begin thinking you can just "turn it on" automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once you're there.

Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don't whine; don't complain; don't make excuses.

As a leader you must be sincerely committed to what's right rather than who's right.

Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody knows that but you.

Before You Can Lead Others, You Must Be Able to Lead Yourself.

How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.

Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody truly knows that but you. But you are what matters most.

Ethics and Attitude Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Character is what you really are. Reputation is what people say you are. Character is more important.

A person who values winning above anything will do anything to win. And such people are threats to their organizations.

Sports don't build character; they reveal it.

Don't lie, don't cheat, don't steal; never whine, never complain, never make excuses.

Never lie. Never cheat. Never steal.