“Quite the contrary,” Wooden said. “It means that while you can’t control everything, you do have control over the most important things. Therefore, you can stop wasting your time worrying about the things outside of your control. “How freeing it is to stop stressing over things you can’t control. It frees you up to give your full attention to the things you can control. And how you handle the things you can control determines whether you’re successful or not.”

