John Wooden Quotes

• It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
• Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
• 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.
• Be prepared and be honest.
• Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
• Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
• Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
• Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
• It isn't what you do, but how you do it.
• It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
• It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
• Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.
• Never mistake activity for achievement.
• Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
  

John Robert Wooden (born October 14, 1910, near Martinsville, Indiana) is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (Class of 1961) and a coach (Class of 1973). He was the first person ever enshrined in both categories; only Lenny Wilkens and Bill Sharman have since been so honored. He was the coach for UCLA winning 10 championships in 12 years. He coached such names as Kareem Abdul Jabar and Bill Walton.

John Wooden's Seven Point Creed , given to him by his father Joshua upon his graduation from grammar school:

1. Be true to yourself.
2. Make each day your masterpiece.
3. Help others.
4. Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible.
5. Make friendship a fine art.
6. Build a shelter against a rainy day.
7. Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day.

Wooden also has authored a lecture and a book about the Pyramid of Success. The Pyramid of Success consists of philosophical building blocks for winning at basketball and at life. http://www.woodencourse.com/woodens_wisdom.html
He is also the author of several other books about basketball and life.