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
Promise to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit trouble to press on you.
The importance of repetition until automaticity cannot be overstated. Repetition is the key to learning.
It is harmful to compare yourself to others. Others will do that for you.
Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's two-sided.
Sincerity may not help us make friends, but it will help us keep them.
Be prepared and be honest.
Be at your best when your best is needed.
Let’s face it, we’re all imperfect and we’re going to fall short on occasion. But we must learn from failure and that will enable us to avoid repeating our mistakes. Through adversity, we learn, grow stronger, and become better people.
We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.
Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.
Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.
The coach is first of all a teacher.
Everything we know, we learned from someone else!
You can always do more than you think you can.