American - Coach | October 14, 1910 - June 4, 2010
Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
John Wooden
FeelingsOthersRightsOwnYour
You can do more good by being good than any other way.
GoodYouWayMoreBeingThan
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
AdversityManFreeBeingMostState
When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done.
MistakesYouDoneMoreQuickHurry
I think you have to be what you are. Don't try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.
YourselfBe YourselfThinkYouTry
Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be.
ChangeFailureNeverMightFatal
I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.
BeautyGameThinkBecomeLittle
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
ReadingNewWorstOldKeepUs
My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.
GoodMemoryHearingEyesightGoing
You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game. And you can win when you're outscored.
WinGameYouLoseSomebody
Teaching players during practices was what coaching was all about to me.
MeCoachingTeachingPlayersAbout
I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.
TimePastMeImportantIn The Past
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