John Wooden on Mental Toughness Quotes

"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."

"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."

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

"Competitive greatness is having a real love for the hard challenge."

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

"Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you."

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

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

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

"Poise is just being yourself. Being at ease in any situation. Never fighting yourself."

"Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character."

"Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you."

"The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching."

"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."

"If you are not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."

"Make each day your masterpiece."

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

"Persistence is what carries you through when you are tired. It's the quality that helps you finish."

"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today."

"Be quick, but don't hurry."

"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."

"Self-control is essential for discipline and execution. You cannot control others if you cannot control yourself."

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

"Character is not something you are born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming."

"Failing to prepare is preparing to fail."

"The more concerned we become over the things we can't control, the less we will do with the things we can control."

"Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights."

"Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial."

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

"You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."

"Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then."

"The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success."

"I will get ready and then perhaps my chance will come."