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Games Quotes by John Wooden
- I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort.
- It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
- Never did I want to call the first time-out during a game. Never. I wanted UCLA to come out and run our opponents so hard…
- When people ask me now if I miss coaching UCLA basketball games, the national championships, the attention, the trophies, and everything that goes with them,…
- Winning games, titles and championships isn't all it's cracked up to be, but getting there, the journey, is a lot more than it's cracked up…
- You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game, and you can win when you're outscored.
- One of my constant reminders is, 'End practice on a happy note.' I want the boys to want to come out to practice; and I…
- I constantly caution our teams: 'Play your game, just play your game. Eventually, if you play your game, stick to your style, class will tell…
- A Dominican monk, Father Henri Didon, used it as a watchword for his pupils in sports at Arcueil College in Paris. Baron Pierre De Coubertin,…
- Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.
- I seldom was ever off my seat on the bench during the game.
- I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.
- Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time
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