Quotessence
Home / Authors / John Wooden
John Wooden

John Wooden Quotes

Basketball player

Filter quotes by topic

AllBasketballCoachingIfsCoachesNbaPlayerSportsUclaTeamMotivationalBasketball CoachingWinningInspirationalPeopleThinkingMotivational BasketballEffortMotivational SportsShouldGiving

Famous John Wooden Quotes

“You can always look back and see where you might have done something differently, changed this or that. If you can learn something, fine, but never second-guess yourself. It's wasted effort.... Does worrying about it, complaining about it, change it? Nope, it just wastes your time. And if you complain about it to other people, you're also wasting their time. Nothing is gained by wasting all of that time.”

PeopleIfsLooksDoeDoneMightMotivationalEffortWorryChangedFineWasteComplaining
Author:John Wooden
Create image

“I believe it’s impossible to claim you have taught, when there are students who have not learned. With that commitment, from my first year as an English teacher until my last as UCLA basketball teacher/coach, I was determined to make the effort to become the best teacher I could possibly be, not for my sake, but for all those who were placed under my supervision.”

YearsFirstsBelieveLastsI BelieveEffortTeacherImpossibleStudentsTaughtBasketballCommitmentClaimsSakeDeterminedCoachesBest TeacherSupervisionEnglish TeacherUcla
Author:John Wooden
Create image

“The goal in life is the same as in basketball: make the effort to do the best you are capable of doing--in marriage, at your job, in the community, for your country. Make the effort to contribute in whatever way you can. You may do it materially or with time, ideas, or work. Making the effort to contribute is what counts. The effort is what counts in everything.”

WayMayIdeasCountryJobsLife IsGoalCommunityEffortBasketballCapableDo The BestLife Goal
Book:Wooden: A Legacy in Words and Images (EBOOK)
Create image

“The Good Lord in his infinite wisdom, did not create us all equal when it comes to size, strength, appearance, or various aptitudes. But success is not being better than someone else, success is the peace of mind that is a direct result of self-satisfacti on in knowing that you gave your best effort to become the best of which you are capable.”

MindSelfResultsEffortLordKnowingEqualCapableDirectInfiniteSizeVariousAppearancePeace Of MindAptitudeBest Effort
Author:John Wooden
Create image