John Wooden Quotes

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

If you do enough small things right, big things can happen

It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.

You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.

You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.

I don’t believe in praying to win.

You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

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

It isn’t what you do, but how you do it.

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.

A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it

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

Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.

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