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
Success travels in the company of very hard work. There is no trick, no easy way.
When opportunity comes it is too late to prepare.
If I were ever prosecuted for my religion, I truly hope there would be enough evidence to convict me.
He who truly seeks God has found Him.
Champions are brilliant at the basics.
When I am through learning, I am through.
When you get to be 95, travel doesn't come as easily.
We will begin by learning how to tie our shoes.
Make your "yes" mean yes, and your "no" mean no.
I always tried to make clear that basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live. There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior. Until that is done, we are on an aimless course that runs in circles and goes nowhere.
Don't be afraid to fail. The greatest failure of all is failure to act when action is needed. Use the information that you've acquired in the past through the experiences you've had and act with self-control - but act.
Your energy and enjoyment, drive and dedication will stimulate and greatly inspire others.
What it comes down to, I believe, is that mentoring often involves telling people what they need to hear, rather than what they want to hear. When you are able to be humbly honest with someone about a situation with which you have personal experience-even if you risk angering or hurting that person-you are offering the most valuable gift of all.
What is right is more important than who is right.