John Wooden Quotes

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John Wooden

Profession : Coach

Birth : October 14, 1910

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.

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

John Wooden

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.

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You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

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It isn't what you do, but how you do it.

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Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.

John Wooden

All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.

John Wooden

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.

John Wooden

It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.

John Wooden

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

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

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Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That's in your power.

John Wooden

Never lie, never cheat, never steal.

John Wooden

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

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Young people need models, not critics.

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

John Wooden