John Wooden

“It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

— John Wooden

“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”

— John Wooden

“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.”

— John Wooden

“Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.”

— John Wooden

“I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.”

— John Wooden

“I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.”

— John Wooden

“There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.”

— John Wooden

“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.”

— John Wooden

“There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.”

— John Wooden

“I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.”

— John Wooden

“I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.”

— John Wooden

“Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.”

— John Wooden

“Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.”

— John Wooden

“No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.”

— John Wooden

“Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.”

— John Wooden

“I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.”

— John Wooden

“I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.”

— John Wooden

“I'm glad I was a teacher.”

— John Wooden

“If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.”

— John Wooden

“You can do more good by being good than any other way.”

— John Wooden