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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

John Wooden Advice For Daily Living Character Inspirational Self Image

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

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Attitude Excellence Inspirational

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Education Fathers Inspiration Role Models

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Achievement Acquirement Act Action Activity Attainment Completion Conclusion Deed Doing Energy Enterprise Exertion Feat Fulfullment Labor Occurence Perfection Performance Production Service Success Undertaking Venture Work

Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Inspirational Success

Good values are like a magnet, they attract good people.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Dating Friendship Leadership People

Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody knows that but you.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Character Leadership Reputation

A leader who is through learning is through.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Leadership Life Long Learning

It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it bein your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, fromreligion.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Family Inspirational

How many of us have conflicts with someone else- and how many of us pray for that person? We have individuals with whom we are competitive, or whom we dislike or have a quarrel with; but very few of us have true enemies in the martial sense. And yet if Lincoln could pray fervently- and contemporary reports indicate he did- for the people who were opposing him, how much more can we do for someone we just find a little irritating?

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Enemies Lincoln Love Prayer

‎Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Feelings Rights

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.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Bible Coach Wooden

Be more concerned with character than reputation. Character is what you are, reputation is what people think you are.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Character Reputation

There is a choice you have to make in everything you do. So keep in mind that in the end, the choice you make, makes you.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Choices John Wooden Mindset

When opportunity comes, it’s too late to prepare.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Opportunity Preparation Prepare

Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Coaching Teaching

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Regret

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

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Inspirational Quotes Quotes To Live By

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Criticism Praise Weakness

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

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Coaching Corrections Criticism

You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Criticism Praise Weakness

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.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Patience Strong Caring

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Leadership Family Sports

Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Day Today Yesterday

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

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Your Dreams You Will

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Love Family World

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.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden People Rights Say

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

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Success Courage Never

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

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Change Might Fatal

Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Change Never Might

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

~ John Wooden

John Wooden You Interfere Cannot

I'm not afraid to die.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Die Afraid

If I am through learning, I am through.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden I Am Through Am

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Great Game Play

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

~ John Wooden

John Wooden You Right Will

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

John Wooden Success Peace Mind

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.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Success Peace Mind

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

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Success You Knowing

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

~ John Wooden

John Wooden You Just Than

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.

~ John Wooden

John Wooden Friendship Art Thankful
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