John Wooden
John Wooden
John Robert Woodenwas an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood," as head coach at UCLA he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period, including a record seven in a row. No other team has won more than two in a row. Within this period, his teams won a men's basketball-record 88 consecutive games. Wooden was named national coach of the year six times...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth14 October 1910
CountryUnited States of America
Never be disagreeable just because you disagree.
The player who puts the ball through the hoop has ten hands.
While I made my living as a coach, I have lived my life to be a mentor-and to be mentored!-constantly.Everything in the world has been passed down. Every piece of knowledge is something that has been shared by someone else. If you understand it as I do, mentoring becomes your true legacy. It is the greatest inheritance you can give to others. It is why you get up every day-to teach and be taught.
Don't let the things you can't do get in the way of the things you can.
Discipline yourself - so others don't have to.
Confidence - Poise and confidence are not possible unless you have prepared correctly. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail. Poise and confidence are a natural result of proper preparation.
It is impossible to attain proper physical condition without being sound both mentally and morally.
Winning breeds winning.
A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit.
You never want to confuse activity with accomplishment.
Losing does not make you a failure; it is when you blame someone for losing when you become a failure
Great leaders are always out front with a banner, instead of behind with a whip.
Real wealth comes to the person who learns that we are paid best for the things we do for nothing.
You should never try to be better than someone else, you should always be learning from others. But you should never cease trying to be the best you could be because that's under your control and the other isn't.