It's too late for preparation when opportunity strikes. John Wooden More Quotes by John Wooden More Quotes From John Wooden Flexibility is the key to stability. John Wooden flexibilitystabilitykeys Make each day a masterpiece. Don't think your best days are out there somewhere. Why not today? Why can't today be a great day? It can if you believe it will. John Wooden great-daybelievethinking We're not all equal as far as intelligence is concerned. We're not equal as far as size. We're not all equal as far as appearance. We do not all have the same opportunities. We're not born in the same environments, but we're all absolutely equal in having the opportunity to make the most of what we have and not comparing or worrying about what others have. John Wooden sizeworryopportunity It is easier to reach our potential when we learn the value of including others in our quest. John Wooden including-othersquestseasier It's not how big you are, it's how big you play. John Wooden bigsbasketballplay The goal in life is the same as in basketball: make the effort to do the best you are capable of doing--in marriage, at your job, in the community, for your country. Make the effort to contribute in whatever way you can. You may do it materially or with time, ideas, or work. Making the effort to contribute is what counts. The effort is what counts in everything. John Wooden basketballjobscountry Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day. John Wooden friendshipbookart A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. John Wooden basketballteamworklife How you run the race - your planning, preparation, practice, and performance - counts for everything. Winning or losing is a by-product, and aftereffect, of that effort. John Wooden racewinningrunning We don’t have to be superstars or win championships…. All we have to do is learn to rise to every occasion, give our best effort, and make those around us better as we do it. John Wooden best-effortwinninggiving Make a decision! Failure to act is often the biggest failure of all. John Wooden failure-to-actpositivitydecision Don't think that you can make up for it by working twice as hard tomorrow. If you have it within your power to work twice as hard, why aren't you doing it now? John Wooden hardtomorrowthinking Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others. John Wooden uclatrying The most important thing in the world is family and love. John Wooden familyeducationlove Whether you know it or not, whether you like it or not, the habits you are developing now will be with you for the rest of your life. John Wooden rest-of-your-lifeyou-like-itsports The purpose is to help, to prevent, to correct, to improve, rather than to punish. Criticism is not meant to punish, but rather to correct something that is preventing better results. The only goal is improvement. John Wooden criticismpurposegoal Understand there is a price to be paid for achieving anything of significance. You must be willing to pay the price. John Wooden significancepay-the-priceachieve I don't believe in looking back. If you make a decision that you think is the proper one at a time, then that's the correct decision. John Wooden motivationalsportsbelieve The Good Lord in his infinite wisdom, did not create us all equal when it comes to size, strength, appearance, or various aptitudes. But success is not being better than someone else, success is the peace of mind that is a direct result of self-satisfacti on in knowing that you gave your best effort to become the best of which you are capable. John Wooden best-effortknowingself I've never stopped trying to do what's right. I'm not doing it to earn favor with God. I'm doing it because it's the right thing to do. John Wooden things-to-dofavorstrying
