Coach Quotes by John Wooden

“A good coach can change a game. A great coach can change a life.”

— John Wooden

I am not a strategic coach; I am a practice coach.

— John Wooden

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.

— John Wooden

The coach is first of all a teacher.

— John Wooden

I don't think I was a fine game coach I think I was a good practice coach.

— John Wooden

A Coach must never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority.

— John Wooden

If I were a young coach today, I would be extremely careful in selecting assistants.

— John Wooden

A coach's primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people

— John Wooden

I don't think I was a fine game coach. I'm trying to be honest. I think I was a good practice coach.

— John Wooden

Selfishness is the greatest challenge for a coach. Most players are more concerned with making themselves better than the team.

— John Wooden

One of the greatest motivating things that a coach has is the bench. They all love to play, all of them. You…

— John Wooden

The outstanding coach is a teacher that gets all his squad to accept the role that he considers to be the most…

— John Wooden

“Coach Wooden never mentioned winning. It was always, “Fellas, we’ve got to play to our best. Let’s do that.” That’s a lot…

— John Wooden

Since the most important responsibility of a coach in regard to the actual playing of the game is to teach his players…

— John Wooden

No matter how you total success in the coaching profession it all comes down to a single factor - talent. There may…

— John Wooden

“During the toughest challenges in my life I’ve come to most appreciate all Coach Wooden means to me. The things he would…

— John Wooden

The coach must never forget that he is, first of all, a teacher. He must come (be present), see (diagnose), and conquer…

— John Wooden