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
The true athlete should have character, not be a character
If we fail to adapt, we fail to move forward.
The athlete who says that something can't be done should never interrupt the one who's doing it
Time lost is time lost. It’s gone forever. Some people tell themselves that they will work twice as hard tomorrow to make up for what they did not do today. People should always do their best. If they work twice as hard tomorrow, then they should have also worked twice as hard today. That would have been their best.
Enthusiasm brushes off upon those with whom you come in contact.
The goal in life is the same as in basketball: make the effort to do the best you are capable of doing--in marriage, at your job, in the community, for your country. Make the effort to contribute in whatever way you can. You may do it materially or with time, ideas, or work. Making the effort to contribute is what counts. The effort is what counts in everything.
Good judgment, common sense, and reason all fly out the window when emotions kick down your door.
Condition comes from hard work during practice and proper mental and moral conduct between practices.
I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.
We’re all imperfect and we all have needs. The weak usually do not ask for help, so they stay weak. If we recognize that we are imperfect, we will ask for help and we will pray for the guidance necessary to bring positive results to whatever we are doing.
An effective leader develops the ability to correctly identify the pertinent detail or details - incidentals in a market, industry or sport that might create an incremental advantage.
Nobody is a real loser-until they start blaming somebody else.
I don't believe in looking back. If you make a decision that you think is the proper one at a time, then that's the correct decision.
Opponents are working very hard to defeat us. Let's not do it for them by defeating ourselves from within.