John Wooden Quotes
303 John Wooden Quotes
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A leader’s greatness is found in bringing out greatness in others.
John Wooden
Personal greatness is measured—like success— against one’s own potential, not that of someone else.
John Wooden
Opportunity for advancement comes unexpectedly. Teach those you lead to be prepared for it when it happens. And be patient.
John Wooden
Before calculus comes arithmetic. Advancement comes only with mastery of the assigned role and responsibility within the organization.
John Wooden
Never be content with performance or results.
John Wooden
Remove all excuses for getting to the next level. Don’t say “no”; ask “how?”
John Wooden
Worry about today’s effort, not tomorrow’s results.
John Wooden
Watching the “scoreboard” is habit-forming. Break the habit.
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Define your dreams, hopes, and aspirations.
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Focus on running the race rather than winning it.
John Wooden
All leaders and their organizations are visited by misfortune and bad luck. You will not be the exception to the rule.
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“Woe is me” is not the theme song of an effective leader.
John Wooden
Adversity makes us stronger, but only if we resist the temptation to blame fate for our troubles.
John Wooden
How often have you not recognized an opportunity because it wore the disguise of bad luck?
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I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.
John Wooden
You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.
Be most interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.
John Wooden
I ran the team pretty much like I ran my family.
John Wooden
You know what’s right and wrong. I know you do.
John Wooden
Earn the right to be confident.
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The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.
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Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
John Wooden
You discipline those under your supervision to correct, to help, to improve – not to punish.
John Wooden
Make sure the team members know they’re working with you, not for you.
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What is right is more important than who is right.
John Wooden
You handle things. You work with people.
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As long as you try your best, you are never a failure. That is, unless you blame others.
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Tell the truth. That way you don’t have to remember a story.
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Don’t let making a living prevent you from making a life.
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If I were ever prosecuted for my religion, I truly hope there would be enough evidence to convict me.
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Although there is no progress without change, not all change is progress.
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If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.
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The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
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Do not permit what you cannot do to interfere with what you can do.
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Love is the greatest of all words in our language.
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Never be disagreeable just because you disagree.
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Be more concerned with what you can do for others than what others can do for you. You’ll be surprised at the results.
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The more concerned we become over the things we can’t control, the less we will do with the things we can control.
John Wooden
Don’t permit fear of failure to prevent effort. We are all imperfect and will fail on occasions, but fear of failure is the greatest failure of all.
John Wooden
Being average means you are as close to the bottom as you are to the top.
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We are many, but are we much?
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