Wooden Quotes

“The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“Happiness begins where selfishness ends.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“Discipline yourself and others won't need to.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“Tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember a story.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“There is nothing stronger than gentleness.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“Being average means you are as close to the bottom as you are to the top.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“Although there is no progress without change, not all change is progress.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“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.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“If I were ever prosecuted for my religion, I truly hope there would be enough evidence to convict me.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“We are many, but are we much?”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“Make each day your masterpiece.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“Failure is not Fatal, but Failure to CHANGE can be.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court