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
Respect every opponent, but fear none.
Young people need models, not critics.
Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don't whine; don't complain; don't make excuses.
Flexibility is the key to stability.
A good banker isn't careless with pennies; a good leader isn't sloppy about details.
Make every day your masterpiece.
If you spend too much time learning the 'tricks' of the trade, you may not learn the trade. There are no shortcuts. If you're working on finding a short cut, the easy way, you're not working hard enough on the fundamentals. You may get away with it for a spell, but there is no substitute for the basics. And the first basic is good, old fashioned hard work.
When I was coaching I always considered myself a teacher. Teachers tend to follow the laws of learning better than coaches who do not have any teaching background. A coach is nothing more than a teacher. I used to encourage anyone who wanted to coach to get a degree in teaching so they could apply those principles to athletics.
Be slow to correct and quick to commend.
A leader’s most powerful ally is his or her own example.
You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game, and you can win when you're outscored.
Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.
Give me 100 percent. You can't make up for a poor effort today by giving 110 percent tomorrow. You don't have 110 percent. You only have 100 percent, and that's what I want from you right now.
You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.