Quotes by John Wooden

"In the end, it's about the teaching, and what I always loved about coaching was the practices. Not the games, not the tournaments, not the alumni stuff. But teaching the players during practice was what coaching was all about to me."

"Discipline yourself, and others won't need to."

"A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment."

"Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day."

"What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player."

"You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."

"I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people."

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

"Never mistake activity for achievement."

"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."

"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."

"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."

"I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me."

"I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it."

"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."

"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"

"I'm glad I was a teacher."

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

"Passion is momentary love is enduring."

"Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary."