The better conditioned team will probably win in the long run. — John Wooden Basketball Copy Share Image
You never want to confuse activity with accomplishment. — John Wooden Accomplishment Copy Share Image
Effective leaders are, first and foremost, good teachers. We're in the education business. — John Wooden Business Copy Share Image
Understand there is a price to be paid for achieving anything of significance. You must be willing to pay the price. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done… — John Wooden Basketball Copy Share Image
I believe we are most likely to succeed when ambition is focused on noble and worthy purposes and outcomes rather than on… — John Wooden Ambition Copy Share Image
We can plan a roadtrip or a workday down to the last detail but the unexpected will always arise. If we are… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights. — John Wooden Feelings Copy Share Image
Fairness is giving all people the treatment they earn and deserve. It doesn't mean treating everyone alike. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
“Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty (Proverbs 21:5).” — John Wooden Leadership Copy Share Image
There are no big things, only a logical accumulation of little things done at a very high standard of performance. — John Wooden Accumulation Copy Share Image
The four laws of learning are: the first is demonstration of what you want. The second is the criticism of the demonstration.… — John Wooden Criticism Copy Share Image
Since the most important responsibility of a coach in regard to the actual playing of the game is to teach his players… — John Wooden Coach Copy Share Image
Leaders must have patience for those under your supervision. Don't expect too much too soon. Maybe it was easy for you, but… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
Remember this your lifetime through: Tomorrow there will be more to do. And failure waits for all who stay With some success… — John Wooden Failure Copy Share Image
In the end, it's about the teaching, and what I always loved about coaching was the practices. Not the games, not the… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
I'm no wizard, and I don't like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
When you choose to become part of a team, you cease to exist as an individual. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
The ability to see the good in others and the bad in ourselves is perfect vision. — John Wooden Ability Copy Share Image
Stay the course. When thwarted try again; harder; smarter. Persevere relentlessly. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
What a leader learns after you've learned it all counts most of all. — John Wooden Funny Copy Share Image
“Have something to believe in; have a reason to believe in it, but stay open-minded.” — John Wooden Copy Share Image
Big things are accomplished only through the perfection of minor details. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game, and you can win when you're outscored. — John Wooden Football Copy Share Image
Intensity makes you stronger. Emotionalism makes you weaker. — John Wooden Basketball Copy Share Image
