Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are John Wooden More Quotes by John Wooden More Quotes From John Wooden Respect a man, and he will do all the more. John Wooden respectinspirationalmen I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day John Wooden nbabasketballpractice An effective leader allows exceptions to the rule for exceptional results or when circumstance demands. John Wooden exception-to-the-ruledemandleader Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles. John Wooden determinationovercomingmotivational We are many, but are we much? John Wooden I do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play hard and aggressively to accomplish that objective. John Wooden basketballplayerwinning Over-coaching can be more harmful than under-coaching. Keep it simple! John Wooden keep-it-simplecoachingsimple Discipline of others isn't punishment. You discipline to help, to improve, to correct, to prevent, not to punish, humiliate, or retaliate. John Wooden athleteinspirationalsports While you, the leader, can teach many things, character is not taught easily to adults who arrive at your desk lacking it. Be cautious about taking on reclamation projects regardless of the talent they may possess. Have the courage to make character count among the qualities you seek in others. John Wooden leadercharactermoving I never let our players get satisfied, I never let our Coaches get satisfied, I was never satisfied. We can always do it better. John Wooden coachingbasketballplayer Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you. John Wooden perseverancedreamsports A leader’s most powerful ally is his or her own example. John Wooden alliespowerfulleadership A coach's primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people John Wooden playershouldpeople Many ... have tremendous God-given gifts, but they don't focus on the development of those gifts. Who are these individuals? You've never heard of them- and you never will . John Wooden focusdevelopmentsports Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. John Wooden adversitymenlife Being true to ourselves doesn't make us people of integrity. Charles Manson was true to himself, and as a result, he rightly is spending the rest of his life in prison. Ultimately, being true to our Creator gives us the purest form of integrity. John Wooden integritygivingpeople We can agree to disagree, but we don’t need to be disagreeable. John Wooden agree-to-disagreedisagreeableneeds Reverse the ball one time for a good shot, two times for a great shot, three times for a layup. John Wooden threebasketballtwo The individual who is mistake-free is also probably sitting around doing nothing. And that is a very big mistake. John Wooden sittingmistakemotivational There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much. John Wooden miserabletoo-muchwant
