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
Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be.
When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur. When you improve conditioning a little each day, eventually you have a big improvement in conditioning. Not tomorrow, not the next day, but eventually a big gain is made. Don't look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That's the only way it happens - and when it happens, it lasts.
If we fail to adapt, we fail to move forward.
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.
I liked quickness very much and Pete had it. And I really liked his acceptance of the role he had. He didn't get to play nearly as much as he expected to when he came, but he accepted it.
Not only was he fundamentally sound, but I liked his attitude. He was competitive, yet a gentleman in his play. I thought they played just wonderful basketball.
Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but what you should have accomplished with your ability.
Better than any person my age has a right to,
Ben has really embraced the tradition of the program, and growing up in Southern California, he understands what it really means. To see him teaching those same principles to his players just gives me a lot of pride.
Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others thinkyou are.
Bill, I know what the other schools say. If you come to UCLA, I can't promise you'll make our team,
Things turn out best for people who make the best out of the way things turn out