John Wooden on Goals Quotes

"Be quick, but don't hurry."

"What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player."

"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."

"Make each day your masterpiece."

"Persistence is a quality that allows you to continue in the face of adversity."

"There is no substitute for hard work. If you're looking for the easy way, you're looking for the wrong way."

"Discipline yourself, and others won't need to."

"Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character."

"Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference."

"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"

"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."

"Everything should be done with a purpose. If there is no purpose, there is no goal."

"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."

"Failing to prepare is preparing to fail."

"The person who is afraid to make mistakes is afraid to succeed."

"The best way to improve the team is to improve yourself."

"Competitive greatness is having a real love for the hard battle, knowing it offers the opportunity to be at your best."

"I am not what I ought to be, not what I want to be, not what I am going to be, but I am thankful that I am not what I used to be."

"Goals are what you are working toward, but the journey is where the learning happens."

"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."

"The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team."

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

"Patience is a virtue, and it's a very necessary one in the process of achieving any goal."

"Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life."

"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."

"Ability is a poor man's wealth."

"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."

"Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."

"The most important thing in the world is family and love."

"Don't look at the scoreboard; look at the execution."

"You must be interested in the process, not just the result."

"Never mistake activity for achievement."

"Ambition is a good thing, but it must be tempered with honesty and integrity."