John Wooden
John Wooden
John Robert Woodenwas an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood," as head coach at UCLA he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period, including a record seven in a row. No other team has won more than two in a row. Within this period, his teams won a men's basketball-record 88 consecutive games. Wooden was named national coach of the year six times...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth14 October 1910
CountryUnited States of America
John Wooden quotes about
What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.
Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.
It isn't what you do, but how you do it.
I don't think I was a fine game coach. I'm trying to be honest. I think I was a good practice coach.
Somebody asked me - you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, 'I'm a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good.'
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
If I am through learning, I am through.
I met Tiger Woods when he was younger. He's amazing - obviously technically, but his mental approach, too. He's really something.
Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.
You can do more good by being good than any other way.
Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be.
When everyone is thinking the same, no one is thinking.