RIP: John Wooden
• “A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.”
• “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
• “Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”
• “Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.”
• “I’d rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.”
• “If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything.”
• “I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.”
• “It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.”
• “It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”
• “Never mistake activity for achievement.”
• “Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”
• “The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.”
• “Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”
• “Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.”
John Wooden (1910 – 2010)
Excellent insight. Everyone should learn from these quotes. RIP Mr. Wooden.
I like Wooden but this quote from Jerry Tarkanian is pretty funny.
“If the UCLA teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s were subjected to the kind of scrutiny Jerry Tarkanian and his players have been, UCLA would probably have to forfeit about eight national titles and be on probation for the next 100 years. The only team with a higher payroll was the Lakers.”
Dude, did you post this from work?
@Spazticus- LOL!!!