Quotessence
Home / Authors / John Wooden
John Wooden

John Wooden Quotes

Basketball player

Filter quotes by topic

AllBasketballCoachingIfsCoachesNbaPlayerSportsUclaTeamMotivational

Famous John Wooden Quotes

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.”

CharacterWise WordsBasketballConcernConcernedCoachesReputationCoachingMotivational SportsThought ProvokingWrestlingCharacter BuildingBasketball CoachingBasketball PlayerGood CharacterFamous BasketballInspirational BasketballMotivational BasketballBasketball CoachSportsmanshipBasketball MotivationGreat CharacterSports PsychologyBasketball TeamMoral CharacterGreat CoachGood BasketballGreat BasketballUclaGreat Motivational SportsSports CoachCoaches MotivationalGood ReputationBuilding CharacterCoaches And PlayersMotivational CoachingInspirational CoachBasketball LeadershipBest BasketballAdversity And CharacterPlayer To CoachCharacter And ReputationEncouraging BasketballBest CoachesGreat CoachingInspirational CharacterInspirational CoachingGreatest BasketballSports CoachingCollege BasketballPersonal CharacterLife Is ChangingCharacter ChangeImage And ReputationPreparing To Fail
Book:Be Quick - But Don't Hurry: Finding Success in the Teachings of a Lifetime
Create image

“When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur. When you improve conditioning a little each day, eventually you have a big improvement in conditioning. Not tomorrow, not the next day, but eventually a big gain is made. Don't look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That's the only way it happens - and when it happens, it lasts.”

WayLooksLittlesMadeBigsHappensLastsNextChangeTomorrowOne DayGainsImprovementEach DayNext DayBig ThingsConditioningOne Day At A Time
Author:John Wooden
Create image

“I always tried to make clear that basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live. There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior. Until that is done, we are on an aimless course that runs in circles and goes nowhere.”

KindDoneHandsRunningPassionCoursesWinningClearBasketballUltimateImportanceCirclesComparisonSavior
Book:They Call Me Coach
Create image

“Never did I want to call the first time-out during a game. Never. I wanted UCLA to come out and run our opponents so hard that they would be forced to call the first time-out just to catch their breath. At that first time-out the opponents would know, and we would know that they knew, who was in better condition. This has a psychological impact.”

KnowsWantFirstsHardWould BeRunningWantedGamesConditionsFirst TimeBreathsImpactPsychologicalOpponentsWrestlingUcla
Author:John Wooden
Create image

“The general feeling is, if you don't treat everyone the same you're showing partiality. To me, that's when you show the most partiality, when you treat everyone the same. You must give each individual the treatment that you feel he earns and deserves, recognizing at all times that you're imperfect and you're going to be incorrect oftentimes in your judgment.”

IfsGivingFeelsShowsFeelingsIndividualJudgmentDeserveTreatsAll TimeCoachingTreatmentImperfectRecognizingDeservingSamenessPartiality
Author:John Wooden
Create image