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John Wooden Quotes about Basketball - Page 2

All John Wooden Quotes Accomplishment Achievement Adversity Art Basketball quotes 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

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

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

Basketball, Nba, Coaching

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

Basketball, Nba, Use

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

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

Basketball, Practice, Nba

Happiness begins where selfishness ends.

Motivational, Basketball, Ucla

Team spirit means you are willing to sacrifice personal considerations for the welfare of all. That defines a team player.

Basketball, Team, Mean

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

Life, Basketball, Teamwork

John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.88, B&H Publishing Group

Promise yourself to make all your friends know there is something in them that is special and that you value.

Basketball, Nba, Coaching

The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.

Basketball, Motivational Sports, Moving

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

Inspirational, Basketball, Motivational Sports

"The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

Promise to think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best from yourself and others.

Basketball, Optimistic, Thinking

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

Basketball, Sports, Perseverance

"The Graduation Speech I Never Got to Give" by Laura Myers, ndsmcobserver.com. May 20, 2011.

In 1948, I began coaching basketball at UCLA. Each hour of practice we worked very hard. Each day we worked very hard. Each week we worked very hard. Each season we worked very hard. Four fourteen years we worked very hard and didn't win a national championship. However, a national championship was won in the fifteenth year. Another in the sixteenth. And eight more in the following ten years.

Basketball, Winning, Eight

The better conditioned team will probably win in the long run.

Basketball, Running, Team

I believe it’s impossible to claim you have taught, when there are students who have not learned. With that commitment, from my first year as an English teacher until my last as UCLA basketball teacher/coach, I was determined to make the effort to become the best teacher I could possibly be, not for my sake, but for all those who were placed under my supervision.

Basketball, Teacher, Believe

I do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play hard and aggressively to accomplish that objective.

Basketball, Winning, Player

Make every day your masterpiece.

Inspirational, Basketball, Nba

Promise to wear a cheerful appearance at all times and give every person you meet a smile.

Basketball, Nba, Giving

Drink deeply from good books.

Basketball, Book, Ucla

John Wooden, Jay Carty (2009). “Coach Wooden One-On-One”, p.43, Revell

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

Basketball, Motivational Sports, Character

Andrew Hill, John Wooden (2002). “Be Quick - But Don't Hurry: Finding Success in the Teachings of a Lifetime”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

Confidence comes from being prepared.

Inspirational, Basketball, Teamwork

John Wooden (2005). “Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organizaion”, p.2, McGraw Hill Professional

The goal in life is the same as in basketball: make the effort to do the best you are capable of doing--in marriage, at your job, in the community, for your country. Make the effort to contribute in whatever way you can. You may do it materially or with time, ideas, or work. Making the effort to contribute is what counts. The effort is what counts in everything.

Basketball, Country, Jobs

John Wooden (2011). “Wooden: A Legacy in Words and Images (EBOOK)”, p.28, McGraw-Hill Professional

Intensity makes you stronger. Emotionalism makes you weaker.

Basketball, Stronger, Intensity

The true athlete should have character, not be a character

Basketball, Athlete, Character

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

I also wanted my basketball players to know that I really cared about them. Forget basketball; as a person, I cared, I cared about their family.

Basketball, Player, Forget

Source: www.expressionsofexcellence.com

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