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Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
John WoodenAbility - 2
Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.
John WoodenWinners and Winning - 3
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
John WoodenCharacter - 4
Be prepared and be honest.
John WoodenHonesty - 5
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John WoodenPerformance -
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Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
John WoodenPotential - 7
Don't mistake activity for achievement.
John WoodenAchievement - 8
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
John WoodenFailure - 9
Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.
John WoodenPlanning - 10
For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If you are not intent about what you are doing, you aren't able to resist the temptation to do something else that might be more fun at the moment.
John WoodenPurpose - 11
I always tried to make clear that basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live. There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior. Until that is done, we are on an aimless course that runs in circles and goes nowhere.
John WoodenPassion - 12
I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.
John WoodenTalent - 13
If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
John WoodenMistakes - 14
It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.
John WoodenSuccess - 15
It isn't what you do, but how you do it.
John WoodenExcellence -
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It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
John WoodenPerseverance - 17
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
John WoodenThings and Little Things - 18
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
John WoodenLearning - 19
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.
John WoodenSuccess - 20
Never mistake activity for achievement.
John WoodenAchievement - 21
Nothing will work unless you do.
John WoodenAttitude - 22
Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
John WoodenSports - 23
Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
John WoodenSuccess - 24
Success is peace of mind, a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming, and not just in a physical way: seek ye first the kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be yours as well.
John WoodenSuccess - 25
There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.
John WoodenFaith
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