Best John Wooden Quotes

#1. Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.

Bill Walton

#2. 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

#3. I tried to teach them [his sons] that about the importance of self-discipline, and that the culture of yes is built on a foundation of no.

Bill Walton

#4. There's never been a finer man in American sports than John Wooden, or a finer coach.

Rick Reilly

#5. John Wooden made a name as a coach but also a life as a mentor.

Don Yaeger

#6. George: [On getting the M.B.E.]
'After all we did for Great Britain, selling all that corduroy and making it swing, they gave us that bloody old leather medal with wooden string through it. But my initial reaction was, 'Oh, how nice, how nice.' And John's was, 'How nice, how nice.

George Harrison

#7. Coach John Wooden used seven players at UCLA. Coach Denny Crum used to say, 'The more moving parts you have, the greater the chance you have for a breakdown.' I think there's a lot of veracity to that.

Skip Prosser

#8. The life lessons taught by John Wooden have become legend. Here's a collection of some of the greatest 'Woodenisms.'

John Wooden

#9. It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
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John Wooden

#10. Make each day your masterpiece. - JOSHUA WOODEN, father of John Wooden

Mark Sanborn

#11. There are certain people in our business that you don't replace - Bob Knight, Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzyewski, and you don't replace John Wooden, either.

Steve Alford

#12. John Wooden, the legendary basketball coach, says you aren't a failure until you start to blame.

Carol S. Dweck

#13. Be prepared and be honest." -John Wooden

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