John Wooden Quotes

Most popular John Wooden Quotes

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail. - John Wooden quote.
Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.
— John Wooden Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

preparation

Failure to prepare is preparing to fail. - John Wooden quote.
Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.
— John Wooden
Discipline yourself and others won't need to. - John Wooden quote.
Discipline yourself and others won't need to.
— John Wooden Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

discipline

Failure is not fatal but failure to change might be. - John Wooden quote.
Failure is not fatal but failure to change might be.
— John Wooden Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

failure change

Success is peace of mind in knowing you did your best. - John Wooden quote.
Success is peace of mind in knowing you did your best.
— John Wooden
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. - John Wooden quote.
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
— John Wooden

action

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. - John Wooden quote.
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
— John Wooden
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? - John Wooden quote.
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
— John Wooden

time

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. - John Wooden quote.
Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
— John Wooden
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. - John Wooden quote.
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
— John Wooden

adversity

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. - John Wooden quote.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.