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John Wooden Quotes - Page 20

All Quotes Accomplishment Achievement Adversity Art Basketball Being The Best Blame Caring Challenges Change Character Choices Coaches Coaching Criticism Defeat Determination Discipline Effort Energy Enthusiasm Failing Feelings Fighting Fun Giving Graduation Gratitude Hard Work Heart Helping Others Inspiration Inspirational Integrity Journey Joy Kindness Leadership Life Listening Losing Love Loyalty Lying Making Mistakes Mentoring Motivation Motivational Opportunity Passion Past Perfection Perseverance Planning Positive Positivity Preparation Progress Purpose Repetition Reputation Responsibility Risk Role Models Running Sacrifice Selfishness Sports Sportsmanship Success Talent Teaching Team Teamwork Today Understanding Winning Wisdom Worry Wrestling

When I was coaching I always considered myself a teacher. Teachers tend to follow the laws of learning better than coaches who do not have any teaching background. A coach is nothing more than a teacher. I used to

When I was coaching I always considered myself a teacher. Teachers tend to follow the laws of learning better than coaches who do not have any teaching background. A coach is nothing more than a teacher. I used to encourage anyone who wanted to coach to get a degree in teaching so they could apply those principles to athletics.

Sports, Teacher, Teaching

We almost have to force or drive ourselves to work hard if we are to reach our potential. If we don't enjoy what we do, we won't be able to push as hard as we need to push for as long as we need to push to achieve our best. However, if we enjoy what we do and if we're enthusiastic about it, we'll do it better and come closer to becoming the best we can be.

Hard Work, Becoming The Best, Long

John Wooden (2010). “Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success (Large Print 16pt)”, p.12, ReadHowYouWant.com

Each of us has a huge capacity to learn and to achieve. Being ever alert makes the task of becoming all we are capable of becoming so much easier.

Tasks, Becoming, Achieve

John Wooden (2010). “Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success (Large Print 16pt)”, p.40, ReadHowYouWant.com

One of the greatest motivating things that a coach has is the bench. They all love to play, all of them. You sit them on the bench, and they come around pretty good.

Play, Benches, Coaches

No individual should take the blame for a loss, because no individual should get the credit for a victory.

Loss, Victory, Credit

When the legs go, the heart soon follows

Basketball, Heart, Nba

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

Games, Play, Defense

"VIEWS OF SPORT; John Wooden: Basketball Is Fouling Out". New York Times interview, www.nytimes.com. August 20, 1989.

I found the bench to be the greatest ally when I had to make individuals comply with what was best for the team

Basketball, Team, Nba

Honors are very fleeting, just as fame is; cherish friendship more.

Honor, Fleeting, Cherish

Kindness makes for much better teamwork.

Teamwork, Kindness

John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.56, B&H Publishing Group

Strive to accomplish the very best you are capable of. Nothing less than your best effort will suffice.

Best Effort, Strive, Accomplish

John Wooden, Steve Jamison (2009). “Coach Wooden's Leadership Game Plan for Success: 12 Lessons for Extraordinary Performance and Personal Excellence”, p.8, McGraw Hill Professional

Acquire peace of mind by making the effort to become the best of which you are capable.

Effort, Mind, Acquire

John Wooden (1997). “Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court”, p.201, McGraw Hill Professional

Do passing drills that come from your offense.

Basketball, Coaching, Passing

No matter how you total success in the coaching profession it all comes down to a single factor - talent. There may be a hundred great coaches of whom you have never heard in basketball, football, or any sport who will probably never receive the acclaim they deserve simply because they have not been blessed with the talent. Although not every coach can win consistently with talent, no coach can win without it.

Basketball, Sports, Football

You control the terms of the conflict. Make them play your game. Don't try to play theirs.

Games, Play, Trying

I'm not afraid to die.

Not Afraid, Dies

You've never heard of them- and you never will .

Sports, Motivational Sports, Coaching

The outstanding coach is a teacher that gets all his squad to accept the role that he considers to be the most important for the welfare of all.

Teacher, Squad, Important

Interview on "Charlie Rose Show", archive.org. June 14, 2000.

It takes 10 hands to score a basket

Hands, Baskets, Score

Generally speaking, individual performances don't win basketball games

Basketball, Winning, Games

Be quick, but don't hurry.

Life, Motivational, Inspiring

Andrew Hill, John Wooden (2002). “Be Quick - But Don't Hurry: Finding Success in the Teachings of a Lifetime”, Simon and Schuster

I don't believe in fate.

Believe, Fate, Don't Believe

"Fictional character: Yuri Orlov". "Lord of War", www.imdb.com. 2005.

Build shelter against a rainy day.

Basketball, Rainy Day, Nba

John Wooden, Steve Jamison (2004). “My Personal Best: Life Lessons from an All-American Journey”, p.18, McGraw Hill Professional

You better play together as a team or you sit.

Team, Play, Together

"The New York Times John Wooden’s Career", www.nytimes.com.

Never complain about the officiating. It does no good. During the game I don't want to be fighting two opponents.

Fighting, Games, Two

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