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Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That's in your power.
Strive to accomplish the very best you are capable of. Nothing less than your best effort will suffice.
Practice self-discipline and keep emotions under control. Good judgment and common sense are essential.
Cultivate the ability to make decisions and think alone. Do not be afraid of failure, but learn from it.
Stubborness we deprecate, Firmness we condone, The former is our neighbors trait, The latter is our own.
The importance of repetition until automaticity cannot be overstated. Repetition is the key to learning.
You can’t do anything about yesterday, and the only way to improve tomorrow is by what you do right now.
There is great joy in doing something for somebody else with no thought in receiving anything in return.
I think you have to be what you are. Don't try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.
Perfection is impossibility but striving for perfection is not. Do the best you can. That is what counts.
Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
No individual should take the blame for a loss, because no individual should get the credit for a victory.
Why do we dread adversity when we know that facing it is the only way to become stronger, smarter, better?
Opponents are working very hard to defeat us. Let's not do it for them by defeating ourselves from within.
Mix idealism with realism and add hard work. This will often bring much more than you could ever hope for.
Work without joy is drudgery. Drudgery does not produce champions, nor does it produce great organizations.
I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day
Fairness is giving all people the treatment they earn and deserve. It doesn't mean treating everyone alike.
People want to believe you are sincerely interested in them as a person, not just what they can do for you.
Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.
Promise yourself to make all your friends know there is something in them that is special and that you value.
Never try to be better than somebody else. But most importantly, never cease trying to be the best you can be.
You cannot antagonize and be a positive influence, and you will antagonize when you discipline through emotion.
The important things to me are your faith, your family and your friends. If you have that, you have everything.
I found the bench to be the greatest ally when I had to make individuals comply with what was best for the team
I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.
Promise to think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best from yourself and others.
Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.
I do not judge success based on championships; rather, I judge it on how close we came to realizing our potential
The more concerned we become over the things we can't control, the less we will do with the things we can control
The individual who is mistake-free is also probably sitting around doing nothing. And that is a very big mistake.
Never complain about the officiating. It does no good. During the game I don't want to be fighting two opponents.
You get ideas across better through listening and the pat-on-the-back method than you do with a kick on the pants.
There are no big things, only a logical accumulation of little things done at a very high standard of performance.
As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either.
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.
Nobody is defeated until he starts blaming somebody else. My advice to you is don't fix the blame. Fix the problem.
I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort.
The life lessons taught by John Wooden have become legend. Here's a collection of some of the greatest 'Woodenisms.'
We can give without loving, but we can't love without giving. In fact, love is nothing unless we give it to someone.
Understand there is a price to be paid for achieving anything of significance. You must be willing to pay the price.
My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.
Be more concerned with what you can do for others than what others can do for you. You’ll be surprised at the results.
If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.
You may be better than the rest, but you are not a success until you have made the effort to become the best you can be.
There is a choice you have to make in everything you do. So keep in mind that in the end, the choice you make, makes you.
The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.
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.