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
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?
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.
Don't mistake activity with achievement.
Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.
Good values are like a magnet, they attract good 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.
A leader who is through learning is through.
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.
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?
Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own 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.
Be more concerned with character than reputation. Character is what you are, reputation is what people think you are.
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.
When opportunity comes, it’s too late to prepare.
Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.
Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.
If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.
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.
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.
Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.
Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
The most important thing in the world is family and love.
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.
Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be.
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
I'm not afraid to die.
If I am through learning, I am through.
Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
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.
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.
Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.
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.
