John Wooden

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

— John Wooden

“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”

— John Wooden

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

— 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

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

— John Wooden

“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.”

— John Wooden

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

— John Wooden

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

— John Wooden

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

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

— 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

“Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.”

— John Wooden

“My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.”

— John Wooden

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

— John Wooden

“I'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm also opposed to protests that deny other people their rights.”

— John Wooden

“We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.”

— John Wooden

“If I am through learning, I am through.”

— John Wooden

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

— John Wooden

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

— John Wooden