John Wooden

Good things take time, as they should. We shouldn’t expect good things to happen overnight. Actually, getting something too easily or too soon can cheapen the outcome.

John Wooden

Hardship brings people closer together if you share it.

John Wooden

How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.

John Wooden

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

John Wooden

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.

John Wooden

I always stress condition with my basketball players. I don’t mean physical condition only. You cannot attain and maintain physical condition unless you are morally and mentally conditioned.

John Wooden

I always talked to my players about today. It’s the only day that matters.

John Wooden

I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.

John Wooden

I believe correcting is the positive approach. I believe in the positive approach. Always have.

John Wooden

I believe effective leaders are, first and foremost, good teachers. We’re in the education business.

John Wooden