Our Favorite John Wooden Quotes:
 
  • A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
     
  • Ability is a poor man's wealth.
     
  • Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
     
  • 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.
     
  • Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
     
  • Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
     
  • Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
     
  • It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
     
  • The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
     
  • Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
     
  • You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
     
  • Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
     
  • Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
     
  • If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
     
  • Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
     
  • If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
     
  • It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
     
  • Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
     
  • Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
     
  • Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but what you should have accomplished with your ability.