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
My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.
Make each day a masterpiece. Don't think your best days are out there somewhere. Why not today? Why can't today be a great day? It can if you believe it will.
Team spirit means you are willing to sacrifice personal considerations for the welfare of all. That defines a team player.
Promise to think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best from yourself and others.
Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better
Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
Happiness begins where selfishness ends.
The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.
Don't look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at time. That's the only way it happens-and when it happens, it lasts.
The better conditioned team will probably win in the long run.
The most important thing in the world is family and love.
There is no more powerful leadership tool than your own personal example.
It is easier to reach our potential when we learn the value of including others in our quest.