John Wooden

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts

courage


John Wooden

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

art


John Wooden

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

best


John Wooden

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.

best


John Wooden

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.

best


John Wooden

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

best


John Wooden

No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.

best


John Wooden

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

change


John Wooden

We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.

change


John Wooden

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

courage


John Wooden

I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.

dad


John Wooden

Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.

dreams


John Wooden

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

experience


John Wooden

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

failure


John Wooden

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

failure


John Wooden

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.

faith


John Wooden

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

family


John Wooden

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

friendship


John Wooden

Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's two-sided.

friendship


John Wooden

I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.

future


John Wooden

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

god


John Wooden

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

good


John Wooden

You can do more good by being good than any other way.

good


John Wooden

I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.

good


John Wooden

My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.

good


John Wooden

Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.

great


John Wooden

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

great


John Wooden

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

learning


John Wooden

If I am through learning, I am through.

learning


John Wooden

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

learning


John Wooden

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

life


John Wooden

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

love


John Wooden

Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.

love


John Wooden

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

love


John Wooden

Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's two-sided.

marriage


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