Inspirational Quotes by John Wooden

Don't whine, complain, or make excuses.

— John Wooden

When opportunity comes it is too late to prepare.

— John Wooden

You can always do more than you think you can.

— John Wooden

Be at your best when your best is needed.

— John Wooden

If we, as coaches, aren't teachers, we are nothing

— John Wooden

What is right is more important than who is right.

— John Wooden

When you get to be 95, travel doesn't come as easily.

— John Wooden

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

— John Wooden

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

— John Wooden

The purpose of discipline is not to punish, but to correct.

— John Wooden

Real wealth comes to the person who learns that we are paid best for the things we do for nothing.

— John Wooden

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.

— John Wooden

There is no more powerful leadership tool than your own personal example.

— John Wooden

Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are

— John Wooden

Make each day your masterpiece. Life is now. Life is not later on.

— John Wooden

Push yourself to keep improving or you'll stay as close to the bottom as you are to the top

— John Wooden

Be more concerned with what you can do for others than what others can do for you. You’ll be surprised at the…

— John Wooden

Whether you know it or not, whether you like it or not, the habits you are developing now will be with you…

— John Wooden

If you get too engrossed and involved and concerned in regard to things over which you have no control, it will adversely…

— John Wooden

Don't think that you can make up for it by working twice as hard tomorrow. If you have it within your power…

— John Wooden

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating. Youngsters need good models more than they need critics. It's one…

— John Wooden

I am not as good as I ought to be. I am not as good as I want to be. I am…

— John Wooden

You may be better than the rest, but you are not a success until you have made the effort to become the…

— John Wooden

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in…

— John Wooden

I never met a person from whom I did not learn something.

— John Wooden

Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable.

— John Wooden

Discipline yourself so others won't have to.

— John Wooden

When the legs go, the heart soon follows

— John Wooden

Make today your master piece.

— John Wooden

The team with the most talent usually wins.

— John Wooden

The uphill climb is slow,but the downhill road is fast.

— John Wooden

The coach is first of all a teacher.

— John Wooden

Show me what you can do; don't tell me what you can do.

— John Wooden

Confidence comes from being prepared.

— John Wooden

When I am through learning, I am through.

— John Wooden

Happiness begins when selfishness ends.

— John Wooden

You never want to confuse activity with accomplishment.

— John Wooden

Be more interested in character than reputation

— John Wooden

Flexibility is the key to stability.

— John Wooden

Every day was a good day at UCLA.

— John Wooden