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
Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
First be the best and then be first
There is no substitute for work. Worthwhile results come from hard work and careful planning.
Goals achieved with little effort are seldom worthwhile or lasting.
When people ask me now if I miss coaching UCLA basketball games, the national championships, the attention, the trophies, and everything that goes with them, I tell them this: I miss the practices.
Mix idealism with realism and add hard work. This will often bring much more than you could ever hope for.
I never met a person from whom I did not learn something.
IF you are not making mistakes, then you are not doing anything....
Apply yourself everyday to just becoming a little bit better.
I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day
We must be challenged to improve, and adversity is the challenger.
I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.
Earn the right to be proud and confident.
Every day was a good day at UCLA.