John Wooden Quotes

• “The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.” - John Wooden
• “Focus all your effort on what is in your power to control.” - John Wooden
• “When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur.” - John Wooden
• "I’d rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent." - John Wooden
• “While you can’t control what happens to you, you can control how you react.” - John Wooden
• “It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” - John Wooden
• "It isn’t what you do, but how you do it. " - John Wooden
• "Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” - John Wooden
• “A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.” - John Wooden
• "Apply yourself everyday to just becoming a little bit better.” - John Wooden
• "Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. " - John Wooden
• “What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.” - John Wooden
• “You can make mistakes, but you’re not a failure until you start blaming others for those mistakes.” - John Wooden
• “Happiness begins where selfishness ends.” - John Wooden
• “If you spend too much time learning the tricks of the trade, you may not learn the trade.” - John Wooden
• "A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment." - John Wooden
• "Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
• "Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. " - John Wooden
• “Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.” - John Wooden
• "Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. " - John Wooden
• “Mix idealism with realism and add hard work.” - John Wooden