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John Wooden Quotes - Page 17

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Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's two-sided.

Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's two-sided.

Friendship, Nice, Two

Place the team above yourself always.

Teamwork, Team

You have not taught until they have learned.

Taught

John Wooden, Swen Nater (2006). “John Wooden's UCLA Offense”, p.185, Human Kinetics

Make friendship a fine art.

Basketball, Art, Nba

John Wooden (2011). “Wooden: A Legacy in Words and Images (EBOOK)”, p.12, McGraw-Hill Professional

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

Thinking, Practice, Games

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, founder of the modern Olympics, made it the Olympic Games ideal adopted at the Antwerp Games in 1920. I never mentioned winning to my players. I mentioned constantly that all I wanted them to do was the best they could. If they're good enough, the score will be to their liking; if they're not, it won't be but that's nothing to hang their head about. Sometimes the other fellow is just better than you are.

Sports, Father, Winning

Nobody is defeated until he starts blaming somebody else. My advice to you is don't fix the blame. Fix the problem.

Advice, Blame, Problem

In spite of all that doctors know, and their studies never end, the best cure of all when spirits fall is a kind note from a friend.

Fall, Doctors, Spirit

John Wooden (2011). “Wooden: A Legacy in Words and Images (EBOOK)”, p.13, McGraw-Hill Professional

I discovered early on that the player who learned the fundamentals of basketball is going to have a much better chance of succeeding and rising through the levels of competition than the player who was content to do things his own way. A player should be interested in learning why things are done a certain way. The reasons behind the teaching often go a long way to helping develop the skill.

Basketball, Teaching, Player

John R. Wooden, Bill Sharman, Bob Seizer (1975). “The Wooden-Sharman method: a guide to winning basketball”, MacMillan Publishing Company

The player who puts the ball through the hoop has ten hands.

Player, Hands, Balls

I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.

Past, Important, Spend Time

"Forever Coach". Interview with Eric Neel, www.espn.com. October 14-16, 2005.

As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either.

Basketball, Leader, Coaching

Goals should be difficult to achieve because those achieved with little effort are seldom appreciated, give little personal satisfaction, and are often not very worthwhile. There is a price to be paid for achieving anything of significance.

Giving, Goal, Effort

Success is mine when I work my hardest to become my best, and I alone determine whether I do so.

Hardest, Determine, Mines

No one is an overachiever. How can you rise above your level of competency? Everyone is an underachiever to different degrees. The harder you work, the more luck you will have.

Luck, Degrees, Different

Most people think of poise as calm, self-assured dignity; but I call it “just being you”.

Thinking, Self, People

John Wooden (2010). “Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success (Large Print 16pt)”, p.75, ReadHowYouWant.com

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

Success, Work, Mistake

Always think of passing the ball before shooting it.

Motivational, Sports, Thinking

"Basketball Hall of Fame". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. February 27, 1996.

The close games are usually lost, rather than won. What I mean by that is games are mostly won because of the opponent making mistakes during crucial moments.

Mistake, Mean, Games

I wanted my players to always be searching, especially for truth. I wanted them to know what they believed and be able to defend it. Truth will always stand the test of scrutiny.

Player, Tests, Able

John Wooden, Jay Carty (2009). “Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success”, p.57, Revell

Helping others is perhaps the greatest joy! You cannot have a perfect day without helping others with no thought of getting something in return.

Helping Others, Perfect Days, Joy

John Wooden (2011). “Wooden: A Legacy in Words and Images (EBOOK)”, p.10, McGraw-Hill Professional

It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.

Success, Basketball, Mind

John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional

Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.

Success, Sports, Athlete

Stubborness we deprecate, Firmness we condone, The former is our neighbors trait, The latter is our own.

Neighbor, Stubbornness, Firmness

John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional

I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.

Believe, Teaching, School

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