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John Wooden Quotes - Page 7

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

Over-coaching can be more harmful than under-coaching. Keep it simple!

Over-coaching can be more harmful than under-coaching. Keep it simple!

Simple, Coaching, Keep It Simple

Doing the best you are capable of doing is victory in itself, and less than that is defeat.

Basketball, Victory, Defeat

Promise yourself that you will talk health, happiness, and prosperity as often as possible.

Basketball, Nba, Coaching

I believe one of the requirements of good leadership is the ability to listen - really listen - to those in your organization. An effective leader is very good at listening, and it's difficult to listen when you are talking.

Believe, Talking, Organization

Never try to be better than somebody else. But most importantly, never cease trying to be the best you can be.

Trying, Being The Best, Cease

Leadership is the ability to get individuals to work together for the common good and the best possible results while at the same time letting them know they did it themselves.

Motivational, Together, Common

The general feeling is, if you don't treat everyone the same you're showing partiality. To me, that's when you show the most partiality, when you treat everyone the same. You must give each individual the treatment that you feel he earns and deserves, recognizing at all times that you're imperfect and you're going to be incorrect oftentimes in your judgment.

Giving, Feelings, Coaching

1. Be on time. 2. Never criticize a teammate. 3. Never use profanity.

Basketball, Nba, Use

The Good Lord in his infinite wisdom, did not create us all equal when it comes to size, strength, appearance, or various aptitudes. But success is not being better than someone else, success is the peace of mind that is a direct result of self-satisfacti on in knowing that you gave your best effort to become the best of which you are capable.

Self, Best Effort, Knowing

I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people.

Strong, Caring, Organization

We don’t have to be superstars or win championships…. All we have to do is learn to rise to every occasion, give our best effort, and make those around us better as we do it.

Winning, Best Effort, Giving

John Wooden, Jay Carty (2010). “Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success (Large Print 16pt)”, p.89, ReadHowYouWant.com

Motivating through fear may work in the short term to get people to do something, but over the long run I believe personal pride is a much greater motivator. It produces far better results that last for a much longer time.

Basketball, Running, Believe

Profound responsibilities come with teaching and coaching. You can do so much good–or harm. It’s why I believe that next to parenting, teaching and coaching are the two most important professions in the world.

Teaching, Believe, Responsibility

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating. Youngsters need good models more than they need critics. It's one of a parent's greatest responsibilities and opportunities.

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

John Wooden (2011). “Wooden: A Legacy in Words and Images (EBOOK)”, p.5, McGraw-Hill Professional

Nobody is a real loser-until they start blaming somebody else.

Real, Blame, Loser

I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day

Basketball, Practice, Nba

Although there is no progress without change, not all change is progress.

Inspirational, Progress

John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.122, B&H Publishing Group

Well, if you're true to yourself you're going to be true to everyone else.

True To Yourself, Being True, Wells

Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles.

Motivational, Determination, Overcoming

John Wooden, Jay Carty (2005). “Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success Playbook”, p.50, Revell

I think anyone's success depends on working hard, Industriousness and Enthusiasm, enjoying what you are doing. You can't work your best if you're not enjoying what you are doing. No way you can force yourself to.

Thinking, Doing You, Enthusiasm

Source: www.expressionsofexcellence.com

Enthusiasm brushes off upon those with whom you come in contact.

Enthusiasm, Brushes, Contact

John Wooden (2010). “Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success (Large Print 16pt)”, p.20, ReadHowYouWant.com

The athlete who says that something can't be done should never interrupt the one who's doing it

Running, Athlete, Done

Happiness begins where selfishness ends.

Motivational, Basketball, Ucla

Success is a personal matter - only you as an individual can tell if you did everything within your power to give your best effort

Best Effort, Giving, Matter

Loyalty is very important when things get a little tough, as they often do when the challenge is great. Loyalty is a powerful force in producing one's individual best and more so in producing a team's best.

Loyalty, Powerful, Team

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