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John Wooden [1910-2010] American

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Coach, Basketball player

John Robert Wooden was an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood," as head coach at UCLA he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period, including a record seven in a row.

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Quote	Tags	Rank
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.	God, Wisdom	101
Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.	Life, Wisdom	102
Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.	Art, Friendship, Good, Thankful	103
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.	Wisdom	104
Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.	Life, Money	105
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.	Best	106
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.	Best, Peace, Success	107
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.	Change, Failure	108
The most important thing in the world is family and love.	Family, Father's Day, Love	109
Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.	Courage, Failure, Success	110
If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.	Positive	111
A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.		112
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.	Brainy	113
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.	Art, Friendship, Good	114
Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.	God, Great	115
Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.	Best	116
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.	Learning	117
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?	Time	118
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.		119
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.		120
There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.	Time, Trust	121
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.	Best, Peace, Success	122
Young people need models, not critics.		123
You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game. And you can win when you're outscored.		124
Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.		125
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.		126
Be prepared and be honest.		201
It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.		202
What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.		203
Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.	Best, Success	204
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.	Faith, Peace	205
All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.	Life	206
I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.		207
If I am through learning, I am through.	Learning	208
My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.		209
I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.	Future, Society, Teacher	210
Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.	Inspirational	211
Passion is momentary; love is enduring.	Love	212
Well, if you're true to yourself you're going to be true to everyone else.		213
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.	Friendship, Marriage	214
We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.	Change	215
If a player's not doing the things he should, put him on the bench. He'll come around.		216
Teaching players during practices was what coaching was all about to me.		217
I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.	Business, Family, Leadership, Sports	218
I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people.	Business, Patience	219
In the end, it's about the teaching, and what I always loved about coaching was the practices. Not the games, not the tournaments, not the alumni stuff. But teaching the players during practice was what coaching was all about to me.		220
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.		221
Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.		222
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.		223
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.		224
Never mistake activity for achievement.		225
It isn't what you do, but how you do it.	Wisdom	226
I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.	Experience	301
Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.	Dreams	302
Never lie, never cheat, never steal.		303
I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.		304
If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.		305
Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.		306
Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.	Learning	307
I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don't criticize a teammate. Never be late.		308
Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That's in your power.		309
I think you have to be what you are. Don't try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.		310
If I were a young coach today, I would be extremely careful in selecting assistants.		311
Ability is a poor man's wealth.		312
I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.		313
I don't believe in praying to win.		314
I met Tiger Woods when he was younger. He's amazing - obviously technically, but his mental approach, too. He's really something.	Amazing	315
You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.		316
I don't believe in fate.		317
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.		318
I'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm also opposed to protests that deny other people their rights.		319
Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.		320
I'm no wizard, and I don't like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don't want to be thought of in that way.		321
You can do more good by being good than any other way.		322
I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.	Beauty	323
I seldom was ever off my seat on the bench during the game.		324
Somebody asked me - you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, 'I'm a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good.'		325
Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.		326
Earn the right to be proud and confident.		401
I've been blessed in so many ways.		402
When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done.		403
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.		404
I don't think I was a fine game coach. I'm trying to be honest. I think I was a good practice coach.		405
I'm glad I was a teacher.	Teacher	406
I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.	Dad	407
Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be.	Failure	408
I'm not afraid to die.	Death	409
No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.		410
I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.		411

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