John Wooden

“Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.”

“Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.”

“We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.”

“Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.”

“Passion is momentary love is enduring.”

“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.”

“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.”

“No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.”

“I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.”

“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”

“I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.”

“Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.”

“If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.”

“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.”

“I'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm also opposed to protests that deny other people their rights.”

“You can do more good by being good than any other way.”

“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.”

“I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.”

“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”

“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.”

“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.”

“I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.”

“I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.”

“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.”