John Wooden Quotes about Running

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How you run the race - your planning, preparation, practice, and performance - counts for everything. Winning or losing is a by-product, and aftereffect, of that effort.

How you run the race - your planning, preparation, practice, and performance - counts for everything. Winning or losing is a by-product, and aftereffect, of that effort.

John Wooden

Running, Winning, Race

John Wooden (2011). “Wooden's Complete Guide to Leadership (EBOOK BUNDLE)”, p.8, McGraw-Hill Professional

Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time

John Wooden

Motivational, Running, Determination

John Wooden (2010). “Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success (Large Print 16pt)”, p.125, ReadHowYouWant.com

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

John Wooden

Basketball, Running, Motivational Sports

John Wooden, Swen Nater (2006). “John Wooden's UCLA Offense”, p.93, Human Kinetics

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.

John Wooden

Basketball, Running, Believe

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

John Wooden

Running, Athlete, Done

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

John Wooden

Basketball, Running, Team

Never did I want to call the first time-out during a game. Never. I wanted UCLA to come out and run our opponents so hard that they would be forced to call the first time-out just to catch their breath. At that first time-out the opponents would know, and we would know that they knew, who was in better condition. This has a psychological impact.

John Wooden

Running, Wrestling, Impact

I always tried to make clear that basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live. There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior. Until that is done, we are on an aimless course that runs in circles and goes nowhere.

John Wooden

Basketball, Running, Passion

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