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
I'm glad I was a teacher.
Success is peace of mind in knowing you did your best.
I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort.
Never try to be better than somebody else. But most importantly, never cease trying to be the best you can be.
I do not judge success based on championships; rather, I judge it on how close we came to realizing our potential
How many of us have conflicts with someone else- and how many of us pray for that person? We have individuals with whom we are competitive, or whom we dislike or have a quarrel with; but very few of us have true enemies in the martial sense. And yet if Lincoln could pray fervently- and contemporary reports indicate he did- for the people who were opposing him, how much more can we do for someone we just find a little irritating?
Although there is no progress without change, not all change is progress.
The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.
Be quick without hurrying.
I do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play hard and aggressively to accomplish that objective.
Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles.
Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.
A Coach must never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority.
If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.