John Wooden Quotes

Somebody asked me - you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, 'I'm a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good.'

John Wooden

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: coach
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 14, 1910 - June 4, 2010

Topics

GoodMeWinSlowLearnYou

Using the term 'locker room talk' blurs the line between what is criminal and what is simply oafish. That's not a line anyone should want blurred.

John Dickerson

WantTalkLineRoomBlurredBetween

I gotta say, I'm a huge Chris Stapleton fan.

Trisha Yearwood

SayFanGottaHugeChris

I feel like if I couldn't write, I would explode.

Mary Lambert

FeelWriteI Feel LikeWouldLike

When you know it's a game, you can have more fun playing it. When things seem serious, you tend to take less risk and have less fun.

Mike Posner

FunGameYouSeriousKnowRisk

My life has been immensely enriched by gay mentors, colleagues and friends, and any discrimination and persecution of gay people is unacceptable.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

LifePeopleColleaguesMy LifeGay

I have nothing against President McKinley whatsoever, but I would rather have this peak be called by the name it has gone by for centuries by Alaskans than a man who never set foot in our state. This is the tallest mountain in North America, and we deserve to have this Alaskan landmark bear an Alaskan name.

Lisa Murkowski

ManMountainNameAmericaNothing

The first thing I do in the morning is have an espresso - straight up - and read the papers. I like 'The Independent,' 'The Times,' and the 'Financial Times.'

Jonathan Anderson

MorningFinancialIndependentFirst

I see people around me with very unhappy love lives, who may have held out for that perfect somebody. And the failure to achieve that brings along a lot of bitterness which is very unattractive; therefore they're probably less likely to achieve it.

David Thewlis

LoveFailurePeopleMeUnhappySee

I was tortured, and probably half of it was deserved, but I was bullied - so much so that there were days when I was like, 'I can't go to school today.' I was too scared.

Chelsea Handler

TodaySchoolGoDaysScaredHalf

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

Brian Aldiss

CreativityProblemSolutionWhatever

I just think in this world of extreme religious pluralism, the great spectrum of things ranging from the healthy and the respectable, and the balance and the true and tried, you go down to quite bizarre things which are very risky for people, particularly people who are young or vulnerable or unable to discriminate.

Peter Hollingworth

GreatBalancePeopleWorldThink

In the end, a gun is an instrument to make someone surrender to your will or die, and music is exactly the opposite - it's seductive and invitational.

Pedro Reyes

MusicGunEndSomeoneDieSurrender

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