Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. – John Wooden (More Quotes About Character)
A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. – John Wooden
Ability is a poor man’s wealth. – John Wooden
Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. – John Wooden
Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts. – John Wooden
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming. – John Wooden
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. – John Wooden
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team. – John Wooden
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones. – John Wooden
There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer. – John Wooden
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. – John Wooden
What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player. – John Wooden
Be prepared and be honest. – John Wooden
Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights. – John Wooden
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. – John Wooden
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character. – John Wooden
You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one. – John Wooden
You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. – John Wooden
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. – John Wooden
Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. – John Wooden
Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. – John Wooden
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be. – 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
It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it. – John Wooden
It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen. – John Wooden
It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts. – John Wooden
Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters. – John Wooden
Never mistake activity for achievement. – John Wooden
If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? – John Wooden
If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes. – John Wooden
It isn’t what you do, but how you do it. – John Wooden
Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. – John Wooden