“As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either.” ShouldLeaderAmountBasketballCriticismPraiseCoachingAffectedBasketball Coaching Author:John Wooden
“I never let our players get satisfied, I never let our Coaches get satisfied, I was never satisfied. We can always do it better.” PlayerBasketballCoachesSatisfiedCoachingBasketball Coaching Author:John Wooden
“A player who makes a team great is better than a great player.” SportsPlayerTeamBasketballCoachesCoachingMotivational SportsNbaTeamworkBasketball CoachingBasketball PlayerMotivational BasketballBasketball CoachBasketball MotivationBasketball TeamGreat TeamGreat CoachTeam PlayerGood BasketballGreat BasketballSports CoachCoaches MotivationalCoaches And PlayersMotivational CoachingBasketball LeadershipPlayer To Coach Author:John Wooden
“When people ask me now if I miss coaching UCLA basketball games, the national championships, the attention, the trophies, and everything that goes with them, I tell them this: I miss the practices.” PeopleIfsAsksGamesAttentionPracticeMissingBasketballAsk MeCoachingChampionshipTrophiesUclaBasketball GameNational Championships Author:John Wooden
“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
“You've never heard of them- and you never will .” SportsHeardCoachingMotivational Sports Author:John Wooden
“Profound responsibilities come with teaching and coaching. You can do so much good–or harm. It’s why I believe that next to parenting, teaching and coaching are the two most important professions in the world.” WorldBelieveTwoImportantNextI BelieveCan DoResponsibilityTeachingProfoundHarmProfessionCoaching Author:John Wooden
“Knowledge is not enough to get desired results. You must have the more elusive ability to teach and to motivate. This defines a leader; if you can't teach and you can't motivate, you can't lead.” IfsEnoughAbilityResultsLeaderTeachBasketballCoachingNbaElusive Author:John Wooden
“Motivating through fear may work in the short term to get people to do something, but over the long run I believe personal pride is a much greater motivator. It produces far better results that last for a much longer time.” PeopleBelieveMayLongRunningLastsI BelieveTermResultsGreaterProducePrideBasketballCoachingNbaLong RunsShort TermPersonal Pride Author:John Wooden
“The team with the most talent usually wins.” WinningTeamTalentBasketballCoachingNba Author:John Wooden
“Perfection is impossibility but striving for perfection is not. Do the best you can. That is what counts.” BasketballPerfectionStriveCoachingNbaImpossibilityDo The BestStriving For Perfection Author:John Wooden
“Winning games, titles and championships isn't all it's cracked up to be, but getting there, the journey, is a lot more than it's cracked up to be.” GamesWinningJourneyBasketballTitlesCoachingNbaChampionshipCrackedWinning Games Author:John Wooden
“Big things are accomplished only through the perfection of minor details.” BigsPerfectionDetailsCoachingAccomplishedMinorsBig ThingsMentoring Author:John Wooden
“Over-coaching can be more harmful than under-coaching. Keep it simple!” SimpleCoachingKeep It Simple Author:John Wooden
“When I was coaching I always considered myself a teacher. Teachers tend to follow the laws of learning better than coaches who do not have any teaching background. A coach is nothing more than a teacher. I used to encourage anyone who wanted to coach to get a degree in teaching so they could apply those principles to athletics.” WantedLawUsedSportsPrinciplesTeacherTeachingDegreesCoachesBackgroundsCoachingAthletics Author:John Wooden
“Promise to think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best from yourself and others.” ThinkingPromiseBasketballOptimisticCoachingNbaOptimist Author:John Wooden
“No matter how you total success in the coaching profession it all comes down to a single factor - talent. There may be a hundred great coaches of whom you have never heard in basketball, football, or any sport who will probably never receive the acclaim they deserve simply because they have not been blessed with the talent. Although not every coach can win consistently with talent, no coach can win without it.” MayMatterWinningSportsHeardTalentFootballBasketballHundredDeserveBlessedProfessionCoachesFactorsCoachingConsistentlyGreat CoachAcclaim Author:John Wooden
