Success John Wooden Quotes & Sayings

No matter how you total success in the coaching profession it all comes down to a single factor - talent. There may be a hundred great coaches of whom you have never heard in basketball, football, or any sport who will probably never receive the acclaim they deserve simply because they have not been blessed with the talent. Although not every coach can win consistently with talent, no coach can win without it. — John Wooden

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. — John Wooden

Before success comes patience ... when we add to our accomplishments the element of hard work over a long period of time, we'll place a far greater value on the outcome. When we are patient, we'll have a greater appreciation of our success. — John Wooden

Don't mistake activity with achievement. — John Wooden

I do not judge success based on championships; rather, I judge it on how close we came to realizing our potential — John Wooden

Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation. — John Wooden

Never allow anyone else to define your success. — John Wooden

Success travels in the company of very hard work. There is no trick, no easy way. — John Wooden

Those of us who have been blessed with worldly success have an even greater responsibility to make an impact with our time, talents, and resources; — John Wooden

Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. — John Wooden

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. — John Wooden

You have success within. It's up to you to bring it out. — John Wooden

It is difficult for young players to learn - because of the great emphasis on records - but, ideally, the joy and frustration of sport should come from the performance itself, not the score. While he is playing, the worst thing a player can think about in terms of concentration - and therefore of success - is losing. The next worst is winning. — John Wooden

Thou didst thy best, that is success. — John Wooden

Conditioning is essential to success in basketball. — John Wooden

Remember, results aren't the criteria for success - it's the effort made for achievement that is most important. — John Wooden

Success may result in winning, but winning does not necessarily mean you are a success. — John Wooden

I wanted to win every single game I ever played in or coached. Absolutely. I wanted to win. But, I understood that ultimately the winning or losing may not be under my control. What was under my control was how I prepared myself and our team. I judged my success, my "winning," on that. It just made more sense. — John Wooden

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. — John Wooden

It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be
in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from
religion. — John Wooden

Success is peace of mind in knowing you did your best. — John Wooden

Success is a personal matter - only you as an individual can tell if you did everything within your power to give your best effort — John Wooden

Success is mine when I work my hardest to become my best, and I alone determine whether I do so. — John Wooden

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts. — John Wooden

Mistakes come from doing, but so does success. — John Wooden

What you do in practice is going to determine your level of success. I used to tell my players, 'You have to give 100 percent every day. Whatever you don't give, you can't make up for tomorrow. If you give only 75 percent today, you can't give 125 percent tomorrow to make up for it.' — John Wooden

The person who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success. I expected my players to make mistakes, as long as they were mistakes of commission. A mistake of commission happens when you are doing what should be done but don't get the results you want. — John Wooden

The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move. — John Wooden

There is also the professional mentor, a person whose success in his or her career can be a source of practical wisdom and inspiration. This success might be mea sured in material gain or far-reaching influence, or in lives touched and relationships fostered. These mentors can offer a model for good business, ethical practices, and effective work habits, and they often provide the motivation we need to seize whatever opportunities come our way. — John Wooden

No building is better than its structural foundation, and no man (woman) is better than his (her) mental foundation. When I prepared my original Success Pyramid years ago, I put industriousness and enthusiasm as the two cornerstones with LOYALTY right in the middle of the pyramid - Loyalty to yourself and to all those dependent upon you. — John Wooden

Remember this your lifetime through:
Tomorrow there will be more to do.
And failure waits for all who stay
With some success made yesterday.
Tomorrow you must try once more,
And even harder than before. — John Wooden

The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success. — John Wooden

The courageous struggle for a noble cause should be considered success itself. — John Wooden

The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success. — John Wooden

You must define success as making the complete effort to maximize your ability, skills, and potential in whatever circumstances - good or bad - may exist. — John Wooden

I think anyone's success depends on working hard, Industriousness and Enthusiasm, enjoying what you are doing. You can't work your best if you're not enjoying what you are doing. No way you can force yourself to. — John Wooden