Thread: John Wooden’s All-Time Best One-Liners

Interesting stuff from a Basketball coach, maybe some of the kids here will pick up a thing or two here. I know I did.


Source: Burn The Fat Blog: Best Success Advice I've Ever Heard - Coach John Wooden

There are no shortcuts---so true,

Always be progressing

Give it away to get it back--

If you wish to be heard, listen

Laugh with others, never at them-- but I have so much fun with Kefe.
Never mistake activity for achievement

Nothing is stronger than gentleness

Persistence is stronger than failure

There is no substitute for hard work

We get stronger when we test ourselves

Happiness begins where selfishness ends

You are more influential than you think

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail

Discipline yourself and others won’t need to

Learn from the past, dont live in the past

Fear no opponent but respect every opponent

Hard work is the difference. Very hard work

Take what’s available and make the most of it

You never fail if you know you did your best

When you are through learning, you are through

What is right is more important than who is right

The time to make friends is before you need them

The worthy opponent brings out the very best in you

There is a price to be paid for achieving anything

You can do more good by being good than any other way

The difficult challenge provides the best opportunity

Once the opportunity arises, its too late to prepare

Greatness is being your best when your best is needed

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating

The smallest good deed is better than the best intention

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation

Tell the truth, that way you dont have to remember a story

Everybody has a suggestion, not everybody has a decision

For every artificial peak you create, there is a valley
Be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way

Time spent getting even would be better spent trying to get ahead

Being average means you’re as close to the bottom as you are to the top

Ability can get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there

You can’t control what happens to you, but you can control how you react

Much can be accomplished when no one is concerned about who gets the credit

Spend too much time learning tricks of the trade and you may never learn the trade

Good stuff!