John Wooden

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

— 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 did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.”

— John Wooden

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

— John Wooden

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

— John Wooden

“The most important thing in the world is family and love.”

— John Wooden

“Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.”

— 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

“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

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

— John Wooden

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

— John Wooden

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

— John Wooden

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

— John Wooden

“Passion is momentary love is enduring.”

— John Wooden

“Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's two-sided.”

— John Wooden

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

— John Wooden

“I'm glad I was a teacher.”

— John Wooden

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

— 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

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

— John Wooden